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Cliffordite

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Description
Locality: 
Candelaria Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Yellow-orange cliffordite crystals in vugs of quartz from the Candelaria mine belonging to Moctezuma area, where a lot of unusual Te minerals came from.

This species is a composition of uranium oxide and tellurium forming octrahedral crystals and crusts.

Labeled as cliffordite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cliffordite

Formula: 
(UO2)Te4+3O7
Strunz: 
4.JK.75
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
San Miguel Mine, Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico