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General Quetzalcoatlite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Zn8Cu4(TeO3)3(OH)18
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,610.23 gm
   Zinc       32.49 %  Zn   40.44 % ZnO
   Copper     15.79 %  Cu   17.77 % Cu2O
   Tellurium  23.77 %  Te   29.73 % TeO2
   Hydrogen    1.13 %  H    10.07 % H2O
   Oxygen     26.83 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %       98.01 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Zn8Cu4(TeO3)3(OH)18
Help on Environment: Environment: Secondary mineral from oxidized telluride-bearing ore bodies
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1973
Help on Locality: Locality: Bambollita mine (La Oriental), Sierra La Huerta, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Quetzalcoatl, a Toltec god of the sea, in allusion of the sea blue-green color of the mineral.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 89821
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Quetzalcoatlite

Comments: Green encrustation of quetzalcoatlite.
Location: Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 3.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Quetzalcoatlite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:0.48965
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 10.097, c = 4.944, Z = 1; V = 436.51 Den(Calc)= 6.13
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Hexagonal - TrapezohedralH-M Symbol (6 2 2) Space Group: C6322
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 8.752(1), 2.748(0.7), 3.531(0.4),
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Burns P C , Pluth J J , Smith J V , Eng P , Steele I M , Housley R M , American Mineralogist , 85 (2000) p.604-607, Quetzalcoatlite: New octahedral-tetrahedral structure from 2x2x40 micron, crystal at the Advanced Photon Source-GSE-CARS Facility

 

Physical Properties of Quetzalcoatlite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [1010] Distinct
Help on Color: Color: Blue.
Help on Density: Density: 6.05
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3 - Calcite
 

Optical Properties of Quetzalcoatlite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.361 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.369 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1258,KPDmeas= 0.1274,KC= 0.1995
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=1.74, w=1.802, bire=0.0620.
 

Calculated Properties of Quetzalcoatlite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.61 gm/cc
note: rQuetzalcoatlite =6.05 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.03244
Boson Index = 0.96756
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEQuetzalcoatlite = 102.68 barns/electron
U=PEQuetzalcoatlite x relectron= 575.63 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Quetzalcoatlite is Not Radioactive

 

Quetzalcoatlite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 34.6.3.1 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites
  (34.6)Dana Type
  (34.6.3)Dana Group
 
34.6.3.1 Quetzalcoatlite Zn8Cu4(TeO3)3(OH)18 C6322 6 2 2
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: IV/K.10-40 IV - Oxides
  IV/K - Sulfides, selenides, tellurides with [XO3]2- groups and related structures
  IV/K.10 - Keystoneite - Francisite series
 
IV/K.10-10 Keystoneite Mg0.5[NiFe(TeO3)3]·4.5(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
IV/K.10-20 Kinichilite Mg0.5[MnFe(TeO3)3]·4.5(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
IV/K.10-30 Zemannite Mg0.5[ZnFe(TeO3)3]·4.5(H2O) P 63/m 6/m
 
IV/K.10-40 Quetzalcoatlite Zn8Cu4(TeO3)3(OH)18 C6322 6 2 2
 
IV/K.10-50 Francisite Cu3Bi(SeO3)2O2Cl Pmmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 

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Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Quetzalcoatlite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 -Athena 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Zn8Cu4(TeO3)3(OH)18
Dana No: 34.6.3.1 Strunz No: IV/K.10-40
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