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Leisingite Xocomecatlite & Eurekadumpite

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Leisingite Xocomecatlite & 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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Outstanding orange-yellow sharp microcrystals of the extremely rare tellurate mineral leisingite, associated to blue crystal agreggates of the also very rare tellurite mineral eurekadumpite, and green globular aggregates of the other tellurium rarity xocomecatlite, in a white contrasting matrix.

Three extreme tellurium rarities in the same specimen and two type localities (leisingite and eurekadumpite).

 

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

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

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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