Frankhawthorneite
Frankhawthorneite Cu2Te6+O4(OH)2 is a monoclinic copper tellurate mineral (space group P21/n[1]) named after Prof. Frank Christopher Hawthorne (born 1946), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. It was discovered at Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, East Tintic Mountains, Juab County, Utah, in 1995. It has a leaf green color.
See also[]
List of minerals named after people
References[]
- ^ Grice, J.D.; Roberts, A.C. (1995). "Frankhawthorneite, a unique HCP framework structure of a cupric tellurate". The Canadian Mineralogist. 33: 649–653. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
Categories:
- Copper(II) minerals
- Juab County, Utah
- Tellurate and selenate minerals
- Monoclinic minerals
- Minerals in space group 14
- Oxide mineral stubs
- Oxide minerals