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Spiroffite & Kinichilite

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Spiroffite & Kinichilite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some pink plates of spiroffite and small brown crystals of kinichilite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spiroffite

Formula: 
(Mn,Zn)2Te4+3O8
Strunz: 
4.JK.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Kinichilite

Formula: 
(Fe,Mg,Zn)2(TeO3)3(NaxH2-x)·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.JM.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Kawazu mine (Rendaiji mine; Rendaizi mine), Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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