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Paratellurite & Tellurite

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Paratellurite & Tellurite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.4 × 2 cm
Description

Rare tellurium oxides from Mexico. Tellurite forms brownish-yellow prismatic crystals in the vugs of quartzite matrix. Paratellurite forms pale yellow powdery masses on tellurite and on quartz. Bambolla Mine is the Type Locality for paratellurite.

Mineral Data
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Paratellurite

Formula: 
TeO2
Strunz: 
4.DE.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Tellurite

Formula: 
TeO2
Strunz: 
4.DE.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Slender prysmatic crystals
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Faţa Băii (Facebánya; Facebay; Fatiabaja), Zlatna (Zalatna; Zalathna), Alba Co., Romania
Loranth Minerals

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