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Moctezumite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 3.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Pale brown crystals of the very rare mineral moctezumite in quartz vugs with minor schmitterite.

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