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General Juabite Information
Chemical Formula:	(Ca,Fe++)Cu10(Te++++O3)4(As+++++O4)4(OH)2·4(H2O)
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 2,040.94 gm
	Calcium     1.81 %  Ca    2.53 % CaO
	Iron        0.22 %  Fe    0.28 % FeO
	Copper     31.14 %  Cu   38.97 % CuO
	Tellurium  25.01 %  Te   31.28 % TeO2
	Arsenic    14.68 %  As   22.52 % As2O5
	Hydrogen    0.49 %  H     4.41 % H2O
	Oxygen     26.65 %  O
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	100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	Ca0.92Fe2+0.08Cu10(TeO3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2·4(H2O)
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added)
Locality:	Found in the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah, U.S.A. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named after its discovery locality.
Synonym:	ICSD 89893
	IMA1996-001
	PDF 51-1417
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Juabite Crystallography
Axial Ratios:	a:b:c =0.8913:1:0.8904
Cell Dimensions:	a = 8.984, b = 10.079, c = 8.975, Z = 1; alpha = 102.68°, beta = 92.45°, gamma = 70.45° V = 746.47 Den(Calc)= 4.54
Crystal System:	Triclinic - PinacoidalH-M Symbol ( 1) Space Group: P1
X Ray Diffraction:	By Intensity(I/Io): 3.097(1), 4.65(0.7), 9.28(0.7),
Crystal Structure: Mouse drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate Keyboard S - Stereo Pair on/off H - Help Screen I - Data Info A - Atoms On/Off P - Polyhedra On/Off B - Bonds On/Off Help on Above	Burns P C , Clark C M , Gault R A , The Canadian Mineralogist , 38 (2000) p.809-816, Juabite, CaCu10(TeO3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2(H2O)4: Crystal structure and revision, of the chemical formula
Physical Properties of Juabite
Cleavage:	[010] Perfect
Color:	Emerald green, Light green.
Density:	4.59
Diaphaniety:	Transparent to Translucent
Fracture:	Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Hardness:	3-4 - Calcite-Fluorite
Luster:	Vitreous - Adamantine
Streak:	pale green
Optical Properties of Juabite
Gladstone-Dale:	CI meas= 0.159 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.149 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1586,KPDmeas= 0.1569,KC= 0.1865
Optical Data:	Biaxial (?), a=1.71, b=1.71-1.73, g=1.73, bire=0.0200
Calculated Properties of Juabite
Electron Density:	relectron=4.15 gm/cc note: rJuabite =4.54 gm/cc.
Fermion Index	Fermion Index = 0.02018 Boson Index = 0.97982
Photoelectric:	PEJuabite = 109.04 barns/electron U=PEJuabite x relectron= 452.37 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:	GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Juabite is Not Radioactive
Juabite Classification
Dana Class:	34.8.8.1 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites
	(34.8)Dana Type
	(34.8.8)Dana Group
	34.8.8.1 Juabite ! (Ca,Fe)Cu10(TeO3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2·4(H2O) P1 1
Strunz Class:	IV/K.16-05 IV - Oxides
	IV/K - Complex Tellurides with [TeO6]6-, [TeO3]2- and [TeO4]2- groups
	IV/K.16 - Dugganite - Tlalocite
	IV/K.16-05 Juabite (Ca,Fe)Cu10(TeO3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2·4(H2O) P1 1
	IV/K.16-10 Dugganite Pb3Zn3Te(As,V,Si)2(O,OH)14 P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m
	IV/K.16-12 Kuksite Pb3Zn3TeO6(PO4)2 C mmm 2/m 2/m 2/m
	IV/K.16-15 Cheremnykhite Zn3Pb3TeO6(VO4)2 C mmm,C 222,Cm2m,C mm2 Ortho
	IV/K.16-20 Tlalocite Cu10Zn6(TeO3)(TeO4)2Cl(OH)25·27(H2O) Unk. Ortho
Other Juabite Information
References:	NAME( CanMin, 8/99) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, vol 86, p 770) OPTIC PROP.(Min.Mag.,Vol.61,p731,1997)
See Also:	Links to other databases for Juabite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas Search for Juabite using:   Web webmineral.com [ALTAVISTA] [AOL] [All-The-Web] [HotBot] [Ixquick] [MAMMA] [MSN.COM] [Netscape] [Scirus] [Teoma] [Wikipedia] [YAHOO] Visit our Advertisers for Juabite : AA Mineral Specimens B & L Fine Minerals Crystal Vaults Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions e-Rocks Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals Rockshop.cz T G Fine Minerals Wrights Rock Shop Translate Juabite Mineral Data : Ask about Juabite here : Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America Mindat.org's Discussion Groups Original Rockhounds Discussion Group Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in Español Print or Cut-and-Paste your Juabite Specimen Label here : Juabite (Ca,Fe++)Cu10(Te++++O3)4(As+++++O4)4(OH)2·4(H2O) Dana No: 34.8.8.1 Strunz No: IV/K.16-05 Locality:   Notes: