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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
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Pale yellowish denningite with yellow tellurite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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