RAJITE


Meaning of RAJITE in English

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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