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Rajite (Rajit)

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Rajit
grüne Kristalle von Rajit, Kawazu Mine, Rendaiji, Chubu, Honshu, Japan; BB < 1 mm
Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta); Contribution: openpit
Location: Japan/Honshu/Chubu, Region/Shizuoka, Präfektur/Shimoda/Kawazu Mine (Rendaiji Mine)
Mineral: Rajite
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Rajit

grüne Kristalle von Rajit, Kawazu Mine, Rendaiji, Chubu, Honshu, Japan; BB < 1 mm
Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta)
Contribution: openpit 2020-04-27
Locality: Kawazu Mine (Rendaiji Mine) / Shimoda / Shizuoka, Präfektur / Chubu, Region / Honshu / Japan

Collectors Summary

Color grün
Hardness (Mohs) 4
Solubility +++ HNO3, HCl
Crystal System monoklin, P21/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

CuTe24+O5

Chemical composition

Kupfer, Tellur, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 398.74945 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 8

Info

Empirical formula:

CuTe2O5

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

20.06

5

62.50

15.9994300

79.9971500
Copper

Cu

15.94

1

12.50

63.5463000

63.5463000
Tellurium

Te

64.00

2

25.00

127.6030000

255.2060000

Analysis wt%

Ø CuO : 18.05, CaO : 1.06, TeO2 : 80.96 (Ref: Mineralogical Magazine 79)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

4.JK.20

4: Oxide, Hydroxide (Oxide, Hydroxide, V[5,6]-Vanadate, Arsenite, Antimonite, Bismutite, Sulfite, Selenite, Tellurite, Iodate)
J: Antimonite, Bismuthite, Sulfite, Selenite, Tellurite
K: Tellurite ohne zusätzliche [Anionen], ohne H20
20:Rajit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

IV/K.12-010

IV: OXIDE
K: Sulfite, Selenite, Tellurite
12: Tellurite mit Baugruppen [Te2O5] 2-

Classification by Hölzel

5.MA.140

5: CARBONATES NITRATES ARSENITES SULFITES SELENITES TELLURITES IODATES
M: Tellurites
A: Tellurites (-Anions -Water)

Dana 8th edition

34.04.02.01

34: Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites
04: Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

grün

max. Birefringence

0.145
Birefringence chart\! Rajite title=Birefringence chart Rajite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

2.115

RI value β

2.135

RI value γ / ε

2.26

Ri mean

2.170

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 40°

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

6.866

Cell parameters b (Å)

9.314

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.598

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.737

Cell parameters c/b

0.816

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

109.10

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

459.143

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.654(80),
3.793(60),
3.348(80),
3.111(70),
3.064(100),
2.844(50),
2.796(50),
2.744(70)
XRD chart Rajite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

190 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

5.75 (gemessen)

5.768 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HNO3, HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/New Mexico/Catron Co./Wilcox District/Lone Pine Hill Area/Lone Pine Mine

Preface

Name from

dem amerikanischen Mineralogen und Geologen Robert Allen Jenkins

Author (Name, Year)

Williams, 1979

References

Mineralogical Magazine 43 (1979), 91

Other languages

German

Rajit

Spanish

Rajita

English

Rajite

French

Rajite

Russian

Раджит

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1978-039

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Raj