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Juabite & Richelsdorfite

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Juabite & Richelsdorfite

Raman confirmed specimen no jb2

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Description
Locality: 
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine, New York Hill, Masonic District, Mono County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Bluish-green juabite associated with enargite in quartz matrix. Raman confirmed no jb2. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Juabite

Formula: 
CaCu10(TeO3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.JN.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Richelsdorfite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Wilhelm Mine (Wechselschacht), Bauhaus, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany