| Cuzticite Mineral Data |
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- 33.2.3.1 Cuzticite Fe2TeO6·3(H2O) Unk Hex
- IV/K.15-10 Frankhawthorneite Cu2TeO4(OH)2 P 21/n 2/m
- IV/K.15-12 Xocomecatlite Cu3TeO4(OH)4 Unk Ortho
- IV/K.15-15 Mcalpineite Cu3TeO6·(H2O) Unk Cubic
- IV/K.15-16 Jensenite Cu3TeO6·2(H2O) P 21/n 2/m
- IV/K.15-18 Leisingite! Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2TeO6·6(H2O) P 31m 3 2/m
- IV/K.15-19 Utahite! Cu5Zn3(TeO4)4(OH)8·7(H2O) P1 or P1 Tri
- IV/K.15-20 Cuzticite Fe2TeO6·3(H2O) Unk Hex
- IV/K.15-30 Yafsoanite Ca3Te2Zn3O12 I a3d 4/m 3 2/m
- IV/K.15-40 Khinite PbCu3TeO6(OH)2 F ddd 2/m 2/m 2/m
- IV/K.15-50 Parakhinite Cu3PbTeO4(OH)6 P 6222 or P 6422 6 2 2
- IV/K.15-60 Montanite Bi2TeO6·2(H2O) Mono
General Cuzticite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Fe+++2Te++++++O6·3(H2O) | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 389.34 gm | ||
| Iron 28.69 % Fe 41.02 % Fe2O3 | |||
| Tellurium 32.77 % Te 40.99 % TeO2 | |||
| Hydrogen 1.55 % H 13.88 % H2O | |||
| Oxygen 36.98 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 95.89 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Fe3+2TeO6·3(H2O) | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1982 | ||
| Locality: |
Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named from the Nahuatl for "something yellow", in allusion to its color. | ||
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Cuzticite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:2.8999 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 5.045, c = 14.63, Z = 2; V = 322.48 Den(Calc)= 4.01 | ||
| Crystal System: |
HexagonalSpace Group: Unk | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.256(1), 2.518(0.7), 4.871(0.4), | ||
Physical Properties of Cuzticite |
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| Cleavage: |
[???] Good | ||
| Color: |
Brown, Brownish yellow, Yellow. | ||
| Density: |
3.9 | ||
| Habit: |
Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix. | ||
| Habit: |
Scaly - Morphology like fish scales. | ||
| Habit: |
Stalactitic - Shaped like pendant columns as stalactites or stalagmites (e.g. calcite). | ||
| Hardness: |
3 - Calcite | ||
| Luster: |
Adamantine | ||
Optical Properties of Cuzticite |
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| Dichroism (e): |
none. | ||
| Dichroism (w): |
none. | ||
| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= -0.045 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.017 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.2631,KPDmeas= 0.2705,KC= 0.2588 |
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| Optical Data: |
Uniaxial (-), e=2.05, w=2.06, bire=0.0100. | ||
Calculated Properties of Cuzticite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=3.75 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.03244 Boson Index = 0.96756 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PECuzticite = 116.56 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Cuzticite is Not Radioactive |
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Cuzticite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
33.2.3.1 (33)Selenates and Tellurates | ||
| (33.2)as A+ (B++)m XO6 Zq · x(H2O) where x can equal 0 | |||
| (33.2.3)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
IV/K.15-20 IV - Oxides | ||
| IV/K - Complex Tellurides with [TeO6]6-, [TeO3]2- and [TeO4]2- groups | |||
| IV/K.15 - Yafsoanite - Cuzticite series | |||
Other Cuzticite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Cuzticite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Cuzticite using: Visit our Advertisers for Cuzticite : Translate Cuzticite Mineral Data : Ask about Cuzticite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Cuzticite Specimen Label here :
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