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Sonoraite & Emmonsite

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Sonoraite & Emmonsite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.8 × 2 cm
Description

This is a very rich and good specimen of two very rare tellurites - Sonoraite and Emmonsite.

Tiny yellow-green  to yellow-brown, tabular sonoraite microcrystals with green globular emmonsite microcrystals all over the surface.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sonoraite

Formula: 
Fe3+(TeO3)(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
4.JN.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Emmonsite

Formula: 
Fe3+2[TeO3]3·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JM.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA