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Mojaveite Blue green plates of mojaveite on kettnerite with hemimorphite. FOV 1.2mm. I collected this specimen from the "E" site dump in 2-08; Blue Bell Mine, Baker, Soda Lake Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA Copyright: Brent Thorne; Contribution: Stefan Collection: Brent Thorne Location: USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino Co./Baker/Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Claims; Hard Luck Claims) Mineral: Mojaveite Image: 1435631895 Rating: 4 (votes: 1) License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only |
Mojaveite |
Blue green plates of mojaveite on kettnerite with hemimorphite. FOV 1.2mm. I collected this specimen from the "E" site dump in 2-08; Blue Bell Mine, Baker, Soda Lake Mts, San Bernardino Co., Califo... |
Collection: | Brent Thorne |
Copyright: | Brent Thorne |
Contribution: Stefan 2015-06-30 |
Locality: Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Claims; Hard Luck Claims) / Baker / San Bernardino Co. / Kalifornien (California) / USA |
Collectors Summary
Color | grünlich-blau, himmelblau |
Streak color | hell grünlich-blau |
Lustre | Diamantglanz, Perlglanz, matt |
Hardness (Mohs) | rund 1 |
Cleavages | sehr vollkommen nach {001} |
Fracture | uneben |
Crystal System | trigonal, R3 |
Morphology | abgeflachte Plättchen nach {001} mit hexagonalem Querschnitt, daneben {001}, {100}, {010}, {110}, {120} weiterhin Verwachsungen, unter anderem zu kugeligen Aggregaten |
Chemism
Chemical formula |
Cu6[Te6+O4(OH)2](OH)7Cl |
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Empirical formula (analysis) |
Cu5.92Te1.00Pb0.08Bi0.01O4(OH)8.94Cl1.06 |
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Chemical composition |
Chlor, Kupfer, Tellur, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff |
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Analysis wt% |
CuO : 56.74, PbO : 2.14, Bi2O3 : 0.33, TeO3 : 21.12, Cl : 4.51, H2O* : 9.71, Total: 93.53; EPMA (Mills et al. 2014); *berechnet |
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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates |
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7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate) |
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Lapis Classification |
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IV: OXIDE |
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IMA status |
anerkannt - CNMNC Newsletter No. 20, June 2014 |
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Mineral status |
anerkanntes Mineral |
Optical Properties
Optical Data Luminescence
keine |
Crystallography
3 |
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Space Group number |
146 |
R3 |
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Cell parameters a (Å) |
8.316(2) |
Cell parameters b (Å) |
- |
Cell parameters c (Å) |
13.202(6) |
Cell parameters a/b or c/a |
1.588 |
Cell parameters c/b |
- |
Volume (ų) |
790.677 |
Verwandt mit Bluebellit |
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4.403(91), 2.672(28), 2.512(100), 2.110(27), 1.889(34), 1.570(39), 1.481(34), 1.338(14) |
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Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu) |
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abgeflachte Plättchen nach {001} mit hexagonalem Querschnitt, daneben {001}, {100}, {010}, {110}, {120} weiterhin Verwachsungen, unter anderem zu kugeligen Aggregaten |
Crystals 3D
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Crystal Structure 3D
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Physical Properties
rund 1 |
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4.886 (berechnet) |
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sehr vollkommen nach {001} |
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uneben |
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keine |
(Co-)Type locality
(Co-)Type locality |
USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino Co./Baker/Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Claims; Hard Luck Claims) USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino Co./Baker/Otto Mountain/Aga Mine USA/Kalifornien (California)/San Bernardino Co./Baker/Otto Mountain/Bird Nest drift |
Type material |
Mineral Sciences Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles California 90007, USA Geosciences collections, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Collection number of type material |
64091 und 64092(Blue Bell claims) und 64093 and 64094 (Bird Nest drift) (Los Angeles) M53019 (Bir |
Preface
Generation conditions |
Zersetzungsprodukt von Hessit und Chalcopyrit unter leicht sauren Bedingungen |
Cerussit, Chlorargyrit, Chrysokoll, Hemimorphit, Kettnerit, Khinit, Perit, Quarz, Wulfenit |
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Author (Name, Year) |
S. J. Mills, A. R. Kampf, A. G. Christy, R. M. Housley, G. R. Rossman, R. E. Reynolds, J. Marty (2014) |
References
Other languages
German |
Mojaveit |
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English |
Mojaveite |
CNMNC (IMA)-Number
IMA 2013-120 |
CNMNC symbol
Symbol |
Moj |
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Locations with GPS information
IDs
GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) | Cyro1Agg-U-PoHpmp6yNPQ |
GUID (Global unique identifier) | D4E82A0B-2008-4FF9-8FA0-7A66A7AC8D3D |
Database ID | 7751 |