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Yecoraite & Tetradymite

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Yecoraite & Tetradymite

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Description
Locality: 
San Martín de Porres Mine, Yécora, Yécora Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Brown micro-crystals of yecoraite on a quartz matrix with lustrous tetradymite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yecoraite

Formula: 
Fe3+3Bi5(Te6+O4)2(Te4+O3)O9·9H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.70
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
San Martín de Porres Mine, Yécora, Mun. de Yécora, Sonora, Mexico

Tetradymite

Formula: 
Bi2Te2S
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Župkov, Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia