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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
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<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1997.061.404.14</article-id>
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<subject>Mineralogy</subject>
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<article-title>Juabite, Cu<sub>5</sub>(Te<sup>6+</sup>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(As<sup>5+</sup>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>&#x00B7;3H<sub>2</sub>O, a New Mineral Species from the Centennial Eureka Mine, Juab County, Utah</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Roberts</surname>
<given-names>Andrew C.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gault</surname>
<given-names>Robert A.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station &#x201C;D&#x201D;, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP 6P4</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Jensen</surname>
<given-names>Martin C.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>121-2855 Idlewild Drive, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. 89509</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Criddle</surname>
<given-names>Alan J.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Moffatt</surname>
<given-names>Elizabeth A.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Canadian Conservation Institute, 1030 Innes Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0M5</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>2</month>
<year>1997</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>61</volume>
<issue>404</issue>
<fpage>139</fpage>
<lpage>144</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>22</day>
<month>5</month>
<year>1996</year>
</date></history>
<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1997, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1997</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>Juabite, ideally Cu<sub>5</sub>(Te<sup>6+</sup>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(As<sup>5+</sup>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>&#x00B7;3H<sub>2</sub>O, is triclinic, space-group choices <italic>P</italic>1(1) or <italic>P</italic><inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mover><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math></inline-formula>(2), with unit-cell parameters refined from powder data: <italic>a</italic> = 8.984(5), <italic>b</italic> = 10.079(7), <italic>c</italic> = 8.975(5) &#x00C5;, &#x03B1; = 102.68(7)&#x00B0;, &#x03B2; =92.45(6)&#x00B0;, &#x03B3; = 70.45(5)&#x00B0; V = 746.8(8) &#x00C5;<sup>3</sup>, <italic>a:b:c</italic> =0.8914:1:0.8905, Z = 2. The strongest seven reflections of the X-ray powder-diffraction pattern [<italic>d</italic> in &#x00C5; <italic>(I)(hkl)</italic>] are: 9.28 (70)(010), 4.65 (70)(020), 3.097 (100)(030,<inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mover><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>11</mml:mn></mml:math></inline-formula>), 3.018 (60)(212), 2.658 (50)(<inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mover><mml:mn>3</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>01</mml:mn></mml:math></inline-formula>), 2.468 (50)(<inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mover><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mover><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math></inline-formula>) and 1.740 (50)(<inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mover><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mover><mml:mn>5</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math></inline-formula>, 521, <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mover><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>5</mml:mn><mml:mover><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:math></inline-formula>). The mineral is an extremely rare constituent on the dumps of the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah, U.S.A., where it occurs as crystalline platy masses that average 0.2&#x2013;0.3 mm in longest dimension within small interconnected vugs of drusy quartz. Associated minerals are enargite, beudantite, and an undefined, possible Pb-analogue of arsenobismite. Individual crystals are subhedral to euhedral and average 125 &#x00D7; 100 &#x00D7; 1&#x2013;2 &#x00B5;m in size. Cleavage &#x007B;010&#x007D; perfect. Forms are: &#x007B;010&#x007D; major; &#x007B;100&#x007D;, &#x007B;<inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mover><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>01</mml:mn></mml:math></inline-formula>&#x007D;, and &#x007B;101&#x007D; minor. The mineral is translucent (masses) to transparent (crystals), emerald-green, with a pale green streak, and an uneven to subconchoidal fracture. Juabite is vitreous to adamantine (almost gemmy) on cleavage faces, brittle, and nonfluorescent; H (Mohs) 3&#x2013;4; <italic>D</italic> (calc.) 4.59 g/cm<sup>3</sup> for the idealised formula. In polished section, juabite is white in plane-polarised reflected light in air with ubiquitous turquoise-blue internal reflections; bireflectance and anisotropy are unknown (due to interference from internal reflections). Averaged electronmicroprobe analyses yielded CuO 38.25, PbO 0.57, TeO<sub>3</sub> 32.58, As<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> 22.81, H<sub>2</sub>O (calc. assuming 3H<sub>2</sub>O) [5.19], total [99.40] wt.%, leading to the empirical formula (Cu<sub>5.01</sub>Pb<sub>0.03</sub>)<sub>&#x03A3;5.04</sub>(TeO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>l.93</sub>(AsO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2.07</sub>&#x00B7;3.00H<sub>2</sub>O based on O = 19. The infrared absorption spectrum shows definite bands for structural H<sub>2</sub>O with an O-H stretching frequency centred at 3283 cm<sup>&#x2212;1</sup> and a H-O-H flexing frequency centred at 1642 cm<sup>&#x2212;1</sup>. The mineral name is for the county within the state of Utah in which the Centennial Eureka mine is located.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>juabite</kwd>
<kwd>new mineral</kwd>
<kwd>Centennial Eureka mine</kwd>
<kwd>Juab County</kwd>
<kwd>Utah</kwd>
<kwd>U.S.A.</kwd>
<kwd>X-ray data</kwd>
<kwd>electronmicroprobe analyses</kwd>
<kwd>reflectance data</kwd>
<kwd>infrared spectroscopy</kwd>
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