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Eurekadumpite & Malachite & Mcalpineite & Xocomecatlite

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Eurekadumpite & Malachite & Mcalpineite & Xocomecatlite

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Description
Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine, Eureka, Tintic, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

Eurekadumpite with balls of malachite with mcalpineite and xocomecatlite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eurekadumpite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)16(TeO3)2(AsO4)3Cl(OH)18 ·7H2O
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Mcalpineite

Formula: 
Cu3(Te6+O6)
Strunz: 
7.DE.55
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

Xocomecatlite

Formula: 
Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BB.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico