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Leisingite & Eurekadumpite

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Leisingite & Eurekadumpite

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Description
Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine, Eureka, Tintic, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

Orange-yellow sharp microcrystals of the extremely rare tellurate mineral leisingite associated to blue crystal agreggates of the also very rare tellurite mineral eurekadumpite from the type locality, in a white contrasting matrix.

Two extreme tellurium rarities in the same specimen !

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leisingite

Formula: 
Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2[TeO6]·6H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.65
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

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

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