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Quetzalcoatlite Xocolatlite & Eurekadumpite

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Quetzalcoatlite Xocolatlite & Eurekadumpite

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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Blue quetzalcoatlite sprays associated with red xocolatlite spheres and bluish eurekadumpite. Minor dagenaisite is present too.

Excellent specimen. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quetzalcoatlite

Formula: 
Zn6Cu3(TeO6)2(OH)6·AgxPbyClx+2y
Strunz: 
4.FE.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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

Eurekadumpite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)16(TeO3)2(AsO4)3Cl(OH)18 ·7H2O
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA