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Rajite

Year of discovery: 1979 (Lone Pine mine, USA), 2005 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of rajite

• CuTe₂O₅
• [Cu²⁺][Te₂O₅]^2-

• Class: Tellurite

• Cu => Mn: Denningite

• Color: Green
• Tarnish: Dull luster
• Streak: Pale green
• Luster: Resinous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: Imperfect on {010} and {001} (2 planes)
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 5.8

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/b
• Lattice: a=6.9, b=9.3, c=7.6, β=109.1