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Tlapallite

Raman confirmed, New find!

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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: 
1.8 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm
Description

Globular tlapallite associated with a mixite group mineral in cavities of quartz. Raman confirmed, first analytical report of this Te species from the North Star mine. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tlapallite

Formula: 
H6(Ca,Pb)2(Cu,Zn)3(TeO3)4(TeO6)(SO4)
Strunz: 
4.JL.25
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico