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Theisite, a new mineral from Colorado

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

S. A. Williams
S. A. Williams*
Affiliation:
Phelps Dodge Corp., Douglas, AZ 85607, USA
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Abstract

Found by N. Theis at a uranium prospect near Durango, Colorado. Occurs with uraninite, galena, malachite, azurite, etc. Colour pale blue-green, H = 1½, G = 4.25. Optically 2Vα ≈ 0°, α = 1.755, β = γ = 1.785; non-pleochroic. Chemical analysis on 1034 µg gave CuO 33.3 %, ZnO 33.1, CaO 0.3, As2O5 14.8, Sb2O5 7.0, H2O 10.5 leading to Cu5Zn5{(As,Sb)O4}2(OH)14. The cell indexes as orthorhombic a = 8.225Å, b = 7.123, c = 14.97. Strongest lines are 14.97 (9), 7.483 (5), 4.112 (4), 3.741 (10), 2.996 (4), 2.534 (9), 1.830 (5), 1.553 (3). The mineral and name have been approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, IMA.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 46 , Issue 338 , March 1982 , pp. 49 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1982

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