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Roberts, Andrew C., Groat, Lee A., Grice, Joel D., Gault, Robert A., Jensen, Martin C., Moffatt, Elizabeth A., Stirling, John A. R. (1996) Leisingite, Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te6+O6·6H2O, a new mineral species from the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (401) 653-657 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.401.11

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TitleLeisingite, Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te6+O6·6H2O, a new mineral species from the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsRoberts, Andrew C.Author
Groat, Lee A.Author
Grice, Joel D.Author
Gault, Robert A.Author
Jensen, Martin C.Author
Moffatt, Elizabeth A.Author
Stirling, John A. R.Author
Year1996 (August)Volume60
Issue401
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_60/60-401-653.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.401.11Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceRoberts, Andrew C., Groat, Lee A., Grice, Joel D., Gault, Robert A., Jensen, Martin C., Moffatt, Elizabeth A., Stirling, John A. R. (1996) Leisingite, Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te6+O6·6H2O, a new mineral species from the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (401) 653-657 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.401.11
Plain TextRoberts, Andrew C., Groat, Lee A., Grice, Joel D., Gault, Robert A., Jensen, Martin C., Moffatt, Elizabeth A., Stirling, John A. R. (1996) Leisingite, Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te6+O6·6H2O, a new mineral species from the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (401) 653-657 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.401.11
In(1996, August) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 60 (401) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesLeisingite, ideally Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te6+O6·6H2O, is hexagonal, P3 (143), with unit-cell parameters refined from powder data: a = 5.305(1), c = 9.693(6) Å, V = 236.2(2) Å3, c/a = 1.8271, Z = 1. The strongest six reflections of the X-ray powder-diffraction pattern [d in Å (I) (hkl)] are: 9.70 (100) (001), 4.834 (80) (002), 4.604 (60) (100), 2.655 (60) (110), 2.556 (70) (111) and 2.326 (70) (112). The mineral is found on the dumps of the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah U.S.A. where it occurs as isolated, or rarely as clusters of, hexagonal-shaped very thin plates or foliated masses in small vugs of crumbly to drusy white to colourless quartz. Associated minerals are jensenite, cesbronite and hematite. Individual crystals are subhedral to euhedral and average less than 0.1 mm in size. Cleavage {001} perfect. Forms are: {001} major; {100}, {110} minute. The mineral is transparent to somewhat translucent, pale yellow to pale orange-yellow, with a pale yellow streak and an uneven fracture. Leisingite is vitreous with a somewhat satiny to frosted appearance, brittle to somewhat flexible and nonfluorescent; H(Mohs) 3–4; D(calc.) 3.41 for the idealized formula; uniaxial negative, ω = 1.803(3), ɛ = 1.581 (calc.). Averaged electron-microprobe analyses yielded CuO 24.71, FeO 6.86, MgO 6.19, ZnO 0.45, TeO3 36.94, H2O (calc.) [21.55], total [96.70] wt.%, leading to the empirical formula based on O = 12. The infrared absorption spectrum shows definite bands for structural H2O with an O-H stretching frequency centered at 3253 cm−1 and a H-O-H flexing frequency centered at 1670 cm−l. The mineral name honours Joseph F. Leising, Reno, Nevada, who helped collect the discovery specimens.

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