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Carlfriesite & Moctezumite

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Carlfriesite & Moctezumite

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

Very good pale yellow-green carlfriesite associated with orange moctezumite and brown kuranakhite from the Bambolla mine Moctezuma, Mexico. SEM-EDS & SCXRD confirmed specimen no 1090. 

Specimen comes with a colour printed multi-page analytical documentation. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carlfriesite

Formula: 
CaTe4+2Te6+O8
Strunz: 
4.JK.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Moctezumite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)(TeO3)2
Strunz: 
4.JK.65
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Carlfriesite & Moctezumite
Analysis Report - only: Carlfriesite & Moctezumite
Analysis Report - only: Carlfriesite & Moctezumite
Analysis Report - only: Carlfriesite & Moctezumite
Analysis Report - only: Carlfriesite & Moctezumite