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Formula: Pb3Zn3(TeO6)(VO4)2
Vanadate,
dugganite group,
tellurium-bearing mineral
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 6.44 measured, 6.39 calculated
Hardness: 5½
Streak: White
Colour: Greenish yellow
Luminescence: No fluorescence under UV
Common impurities: As
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Localities
At the type locality, the Delbe orebody, Kuranakh ore field, Aldan, Sakha, Russia, cheremnykhite occurs as
elongate tabular crystals, 0.1 to 0.5 mm in size. It occurs with kuksite,
dugganite, yafsoanite,
descloizite and
Te-Pb-Mn-saponite as a late-stage interstitial mineral in
calcite at the Kuranakh gold
deposit. In hand specimens the mineral is greenish yellow, transparent in transmitted light, with a white streak
and adamantine lustre
(AM 77.446).
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