Tellurite Mineral Data

General Tellurite Information

Chemical Formula:

TeO2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 159.60 gm

Tellurium 79.95 % Te 100.00 % TeO₂

Oxygen 20.05 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

TeO₂

Environment:

Of secondary origin resulting from the oxidation of other tellurium compounds.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1849

Locality:

Nagy-Ag, Rumania. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after its containing tellurium (Latin, tellus = "earth").

Name Pronunciation:

Tellurite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 26844

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Tellurite Denningite

Comments: Vitreous colorless to very pale yellowish elongated crystals denningite with yellow tellurite.
Location: Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Tellurite

Comments: Scaly yellow tellurite on white quartz.
Location: Mina Bambollita, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Tellurite

Comments: Prismatic, reddish brown tellurite crystal clusters to 5-6mm in a vug,lined with drusy quartz.
Location: Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture Size 2 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Tellurite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4659:1:0.4539

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.607, b = 12.034, c = 5.463, Z = 8; V = 368.61 Den(Calc)= 5.75

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P bca

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.28(1), 3.723(0.95), 3.008(0.5),

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Beyer H , Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie , 124 (1967) p.228-237, Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von tellurit, dem rhomischen TeO2, Locality: Moctezuma, Mexico

Physical Properties of Tellurite

Cleavage:

{010} Perfect

Color:

Yellow orange, White, Straw yellow.

Density:

5.9

Diaphaneity:

Subtranslucent to opaque

Fracture:

Flexible - Flexible fragments.

Habit:

Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness:

2 - Gypsum

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Adamantine

Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Tellurite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.008 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.018 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2046,KPDmeas= 0.1994,KC= 0.201
Ncalc = 2.16 - 2.19

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=2, b=2.18, g=2.35, bire=0.3500

Calculated Properties of Tellurite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.03 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Tellurite =5.90 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.06
Boson Index = 0.94

Photoelectric:

PE_Tellurite= 287.88 barns/electron
U=PE_Tellurite x rElectron Density=1,447.32 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Tellurite is Not Radioactive

Tellurite Classification

Dana Class:

04.04.06.01 (04)Simple Oxides

(04.04)with a cation charge of 4+ (A++++ O2)

(04.04.06)Dana Group

04.04.06.01 Tellurite TeO2 P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

04.04.06.02 Scrutinyite PbO2 P bcn 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.DE.20 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.D - Metal:Oxygen = 1:2 and similar

04.DE -With medium-sized cations; with various polyhedra

04.DE.20 Tellurite TeO2 P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Tellurite Information

References:

NAME( Emsley91) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Tellurite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Tellurite

TeO2
Dana No: 04.04.06.01 Strunz No: 04.DE.20
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