Mineralpedia Details for Cuprotungstite
Cuprotungstite
- Formula
- Cu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2
- Crystal System
- Tetragonal
- Crystal Habit
- Crystalline - Fine, Massive - Fibrous
- Luster
- Vitreous - Waxy
- Color
- brown green, olive green, yellowish green
- Streak
- green
- Class
- Tetragonal
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 4-5
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Cuprotungstite from Wilson Consolidated mine, Gold Hill, Tooele Co., Utah, United States
Gren alterations in Quartz matrix.
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Cuprotungstite from Cordillera mine, Tuena, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia
Lime green to bright green masses and single tiny crystals of Cuprotungstite associated with dipyramidal Stolzite crystals to 2mm.
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Cuprotungstite from Cruz Mine, San Nicolás, Mun. de Yécora, Sonora, Mexico
Pistachio green alterations on matrix. Heavy for the size.
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Cuprotungstite from 1/2 mi N of Crystal Peak Guard Station, Sierra Co., California, United States
Green micro crystals covering entire matrix.
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Cuprotungstite from Blue Wolf mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States
Rich green crystalline mass. This deposit is near Lovelock, and the specimen was collected in 1946.
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