Graemite

graemite

teineite

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Formula: Cu2+(Te4+O3).H2O
Tellurite
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 4.13 measured
Hardness: 3 to 3½
Colour: Blue-green
Luminescence: No fluorescence under UV
Solubility: Insoluble in water, easily soluble in cold dilute acids or 40% KOH
Environments

Hydrothermal environments

Graemite occurs as a rare dehydration product of teineite, as pseudomorphs and incrustations. (HOM)

Localities

At the type locality, the Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA, graemite occurs as blue-green to jade-green crystals up to 8 mm long, replacing teineite crystals embedded in malachite and associated with cuprite (AM 60.486).
The graemite is formed by oxidation of a hypogene ore deposit (Mindat).

At Dome Rock Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA, graemite occurs replacing teineite, in cavities in samples containing chalcocite, corroded bornite, weissite, brochantite, malachite, djurleite, gold and goethite (AM 60.486, HOM).

At the Trixie Mine, East Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA, graemite crystals occur on a matrix of quartz associated with teineite, gold, rickardite and hessite. They are green in colour, and appear to be an alteration product after another mineral, probably teineite (MinRec 55.2.205).

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