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Graemite & Teineite

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Graemite & Teineite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with dark blue areas of teineite that have altered to lighter blue, rare graemite with malachite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Graemite

Formula: 
Cu[TeO3]·H2O
Strunz: 
4.JM.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Cole Mine (Cole shaft; Cole No. 3), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Teineite

Formula: 
Cu[TeO3]·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JM.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Takinosawa vein (Takinosawa deposit), Teine mine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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