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Poughite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Pale yellow globular spherulites of the rare Te-mineral poughite on matrix. From the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Poughite

Formula: 
Fe3+2(TeO3)2(SO4)(H2O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
4.JN.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico