Sparse crusts of light green Rajite covering a small piece of silicified rhyolite. Locality: Lone Pine Mine, Lone Pine Hill area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA — Photo: Eric Carlson · CC BY 3.0
Rajite
Rajite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the oxides & hydroxide class, with the chemical formula CuTe⁴⁺₂O₅.
It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system (space group P2_1/c).
Key properties: Mohs hardness 4; specific gravity 5.75; Pale green streak; Resinous, dull if altered luster; optically biaxial.
IMA symbol Raj, IMA status: approved, named in 1978.
A very rare mineral, coating fractures in intensely silicified rhyolite breccia.
It is found associated with Mackayite, quartz.
The mineral was named to honor Robert Allen Jenkins (1944–), American geologist and mineralogist, Phelps Dodge Corporation, who found the first specimens.