Cheremnykhite

cheremnykhite

kuksite

dugganite

saponite

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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
Environments

Hydrothermal environments

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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