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Moctezumite & Schmitterite

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Moctezumite & Schmitterite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm
Description

Good crystals of pale brown moctezumite with yellow schmitterite crystals and green clusters of emmonsite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Moctezumite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)(TeO3)2
Strunz: 
4.JK.65
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Schmitterite

Formula: 
(UO2)(TeO3)
Strunz: 
4.JK.70
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico