
General Information:

Chemical Formula:
Fe+++2Te++++3O9·2(H2O)

Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 674.52 gm)
Iron 16.56 %
FeTellurium 56.75 %
TeHydrogen 0.60 %
H Oxygen 26.09 %
O 
Empirical Formula:
Fe3+2Te3O9·2(H2O)
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
[010] Perfect

Color:
yellow or greenish yellow.

Density:
4.52 - 4.53, Average = 4.52

Diaphaniety:
Transparent to Translucent

Habits:
Mammillary - Larger "breast-like" rounded forms resembling botryoidal (e.g. malachite)., ,

Hardness:
2-2.5 - Gypsum-Finger Nail

Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.

Luster:
Vitreous - Dull
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