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Mcalpineite

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Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA
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Formula:
Cu
 
3
[TeO
 
6
] · H
 
2
O
System:IsometricLustre:Adamantine
Hardness:3
Name:For the mine at the type locality.
This page provides mineralogical data about Mcalpineite.

Classification of Mcalpineite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/K.15-15
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:7.DE.55

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
E : With only medium-sized cations; unclassified
Dana 7th edition ID:33.2.5.1
Dana 8th edition ID:33.2.5.1

33 : SELENATES AND TELLURATES
2 : (AB)m(XO6)·xH2O, where x can equal zero
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Type Occurrence of Mcalpineite

Type Locality:Mcalpine Mine, Moccasin, Tuolumne Co., California, USA
Year of Discovery:1994

Physical Properties of Mcalpineite

Lustre:Adamantine
Hardness (Mohs):3

Crystallography of Mcalpineite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 9.55Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 870.98 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Mcalpineite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Mcalpineite

Formula:
Cu
 
3
[TeO
 
6
] · H
 
2
O
Essential elements:Cu, H, O, Te
All elements listed in formula:Cu, H, O, Te
Common Impurities:Pb,Ni,Si

Relationship of Mcalpineite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
7.DE.05Mangazeite
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
4
|SO
 
4
] · 3H
 
2
O
7.DE.10Carbonatecyanotrichite
Cu
 
4
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
12
|(CO
 
3
,SO
 
4
)] · 2H
 
2
O
7.DE.10Cyanotrichite
Cu
 
4
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
12
|SO
 
4
] · 2H
 
2
O
7.DE.15Schwertmannite
Fe
3+
16
O
 
16
(OH,SO
 
4
)
 
12-13
 · 10-12H
 
2
O
7.DE.20Tlalocite
Cu
 
10
Zn
 
6
(TeO
 
3
)(TeO
 
4
)
 
2
Cl(OH)
 
25
·27H
 
2
O
7.DE.25Utahite
Cu
 
5
Zn
 
3
[(OH)
 
2
|TeO
 
4
]
 
4
 · 7H
 
2
O
7.DE.35Coquandite
Sb
 
6
[O
 
8
|SO
 
4
] · H
 
2
O
7.DE.40Osakaite
Zn
 
4
(SO
 
4
)(OH)
 
6
 ·5H
 
2
O
7.DE.45Wilcoxite
MgAl[F|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 18H
 
2
O
7.DE.50Stanleyite
(V
4+
 
O)[SO
 
4
] · 6H
 
2
O
7.DE.60Hydrobasaluminite
Al
 
4
[(OH)
 
10
|SO
 
4
] · 12-36H
 
2
O
7.DE.65Zaherite
Al
 
12
[(OH)
 
26
|(SO
 
4
)
 
5
] · 20H
 
2
O
7.DE.70Lautenthalite
PbCu
 
4
(SO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
6
·3H
 
2
O
7.DE.75Camerolaite
Cu
 
4
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
10
|CO
 
3
|(HSbO
 
4
,SO
 
4
)] · 2H
 
2
O

Other Names for Mcalpineite

Synonyms:
IMA1992-025
Other Languages:
German:Mcalpineit
Spanish:Mcalpineita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Mcalpineite

Reference List:Mineralogical Magazine (1994): 58: 417-424.

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    Localities for Mcalpineite

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    Italy
     
    • Liguria
      • Genova Province
        • Ne
          • Graveglia Valley
            • Reppia
    		Basso Riccardo, Cabella Roberto, Lucchetti Gabriella, Martinelli Alberto: AN INVESTIGATION ON MCALPINEITE FROM THE GAMBATESA AND THE EUREKA MINES. Geoitalia - FIST 2005, Poster 37-32 Pannello 29
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Kinki region
        • Wakayama prefecture
    USA
     
    • California
      • Tuolumne Co.
        • Moccasin
    		MM 58 (1994), 417; NM 90-94 (1997)
    • Utah
      • Juab Co.
        • East Tintic Mts
          • Tintic District
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