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Utahite

Utahite is an extremely rare secondary copper zinc tellurate mineral found as a product of oxidation. Its chemical formula is Cu<sub>5</sub>Zn<sub>3</sub>(Te<sup>6+</sup>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>8</sub>·7H<sub>2</sub>O.

It was first described in 1997 for an occurrence in the Centennial Eureka mine, one mile southeast of Eureka, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, US (type locality). The discovery site was a mine dump of a hydrothermal ore deposit where it occurs with cesbronite and quartz. It has also been reported from the Empire Mine in the Tombstone District of Cochise County, Arizona.

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