General Information:
Chemical Formula:CuTe++++2O5
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 398.74 gm)Copper 15.94 %
CuTellurium 64.00 %
TeOxygen 20.06 %
O Empirical Formula: CuTe2O5
Environment:Rhyolite.
IMA Status:Approved IMA 1979
Locality:Lone Pine, Catron County, New Mexico.
Name Origin:Named after Robert Allen Jenkins (RAJ-ite), a mineralogist who first recognized the species.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[010] Indistinct, [001] Indistinct
Color:green.
Density:5.75
Habits:Crystalline - Fine - Occurs as well-formed fine sized crystals., ,
Hardness:4 - Fluorite
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