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Xocolatlite & Dagenaisite

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Xocolatlite & Dagenaisite

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Description
Locality: 
North Star Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Brown red xocolatlite with green dagenaisite associated with zemannite and zincospiroffite. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xocolatlite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn4+2(Te6+O6)2·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.85
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Dagenaisite

Formula: 
Zn3Te6+O6
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
green, light greenish grey
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gold Chain Mine, Tintic Mining District, Juab Co., Utah, USA