Rajite

Formula: CuTe2O5

Origin of name: for R.A. Jenkins, American mineralogist and geologist

 

Crystal system: monoclinic

Crystal class: 2/m

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Colour: green

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Habit: crystals to 1.5 mm

Hardness: 4

Specific gravity: 5.75

Cleavage: 2; traces on {010} and {001}

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Comments: possibly a pseudomorph of teineite

 

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