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Utahite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
North Star Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

A lot of sky blue crystals of the extremely rare tellurium mineral utahite from Mammoth (SEM-EDS analyzed).

Good contrast of the utahite crystals with the whitish matrix.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Utahite

Formula: 
Cu5Zn3(TeO4)4(OH)8·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

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