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Burckhardtite & Zemannite

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Burckhardtite & Zemannite

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Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm
Description

Tiny pink globular Burckhardtite with deep brown Zemannite crystals and beige-yellow paratellurite very rich on matrix.

Collected 1984

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Burckhardtite

Formula: 
Pb2(Fe3+Te6+)[AlSi3O8]O6
Strunz: 
9.EC.70
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
pale red
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Zemannite

Formula: 
Mg(ZnFe)2(TeO3)6·9H2O
Strunz: 
4.JM.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico