General Information:
Chemical Formula:
CuTe++++2O5
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 398.74 gm)
Copper 15.94 % Cu
Tellurium 64.00 % Te
Oxygen 20.06 % O
Empirical Formula:
CuTe2O5
Environment:
Rhyolite.
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1979
Locality:
Lone Pine, Catron County, New Mexico.
Name Origin:
Named after Robert Allen Jenkins (RAJ-ite), a mineralogist who first recognized the species.
Physical Properties:
Cleavage:
[010] Indistinct, [001] Indistinct
Color:
green.
Density:
5.75
Habits:
Crystalline - Fine - Occurs as well-formed fine sized crystals., ,
Hardness:
4 - Fluorite
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