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Poughite Kuranakhite Zemannite Denningite

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Poughite Kuranakhite Zemannite Denningite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellow poughite spheres associated with brown zemannite, yellow kuranakhite and paratellurite mixture and colourless denningite. The brown xls are not well crystallized and were not identified by XRD & EDS. 

Specimen comes with a multi-page colour printed documentation. Analysis no 1121. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Poughite

Formula: 
Fe3+2(TeO3)2(SO4)(H2O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
4.JN.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Kuranakhite

Formula: 
PbMn4+Te6+O6
Strunz: 
4.DM.25
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Kuranakh Au Deposit, Aldan, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Zemannite

Formula: 
Mg(ZnFe)2(TeO3)6·9H2O
Strunz: 
4.JM.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Denningite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Ca,Zn)Te4+2O5
Strunz: 
4.JK.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Poughite Kuranakhite Zemannite Denningite
Analysis Report - only: Poughite Kuranakhite Zemannite Denningite
Analysis Report - only: Poughite Kuranakhite Zemannite Denningite
Analysis Report - only: Poughite Kuranakhite Zemannite Denningite