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Teineite

ex. R. Feigl
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm
Description

Masses and crystals of this intense blue tellur containing mineral in good optical contrast to the matrix. Purchased from R. Feigl on 08/10/1984.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Teineite

Formula: 
Cu[TeO3]·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JM.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Takinosawa vein (Takinosawa deposit), Teine mine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan