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Cesbronite

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Cesbronite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm
Description

Cesbronite is an ultra rare Cu-Te Oxide only known from three locations in the world.

This beautiful and well analysed specimen came from the type locality and was found in 1981. A small globular crystal group on matrix.

SEM/EDS analysed

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cesbronite

Formula: 
Cu5(TeO3)2(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JN.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Cesbronite
Analysis Report - only: Cesbronite
Analysis Report - only: Cesbronite