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General Rajite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: CuTe++++2O5
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 398.74 gm
   Copper     15.94 %  Cu   19.95 % CuO
   Tellurium  64.00 %  Te   80.05 % TeO2
   Oxygen     20.06 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CuTe2O5
Help on Environment: Environment: Rhyolite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1979
Help on Locality: Locality: Lone Pine, Catron County, New Mexico. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after Robert Allen Jenkins (RAJ-ite), a mineralogist who first recognized the species.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 2542
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Rajite

Comments: Bluish green coating of rajite on matrix.
Location: Lone Pine mine, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
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Rajite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.7371:1:0.8157
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.866, b = 9.314, c = 7.598, Z = 4; beta = 109.1° V = 459.14 Den(Calc)= 5.77
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.064(1), 3.348(0.8), 4.654(0.8),
 

Physical Properties of Rajite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [010] Indistinct, [001] Indistinct
Help on Color: Color: Green.
Help on Density: Density: 5.75
Help on Habit: Habit: Crystalline - Fine - Occurs as well-formed fine sized crystals.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4 - Fluorite
 

Optical Properties of Rajite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.044 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.041 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2028,KPDmeas= 0.2035,KC= 0.1948
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=2.115, b=2.135, g=2.26, bire=0.1450, 2V(Calc)=46, 2V(Meas)=40.
 

Calculated Properties of Rajite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.01 gm/cc
note: rRajite =5.77 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.05123
Boson Index = 0.94877
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PERajite = 234.04 barns/electron
U=PERajite x relectron=1,171.76 barns/cc.

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

Rajite is Not Radioactive

 

Rajite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 34.4.2.1 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites
  (34.4)Dana Type
  (34.4.2)Dana Group
 
34.4.2.1 Rajite CuTe2O5 P 21/c 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: IV/K.12-10 IV - Oxides
  IV/K - Tellurides with [Te2O5]2- groups
  IV/K.12 - Rayite - Mackayite series
 
IV/K.12-10 Rajite CuTe2O5 P 21/c 2/m
 
IV/K.12-20 Denningite (Mn,Zn)Te2O5 P 41/nbc 4/m 2/m 2/m
 
IV/K.12-30 Mackayite FeTe2O5(OH) I 41/acd 4/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Rajite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( MinRec) 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 Rajite :
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

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Rajite

CuTe++++2O5
Dana No: 34.4.2.1 Strunz No: IV/K.12-10
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