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Hessite & Rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn)

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Hessite & Rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn)

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Grey metallic hessite with  rozhdestvenskayaite-Zn and tlapallite. Rare mineral. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hessite

Formula: 
Ag2Te
Strunz: 
2.BA.60
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Koz'modem'yanskii shaft, Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn)

Formula: 
Ag6Ag4Zn2Sb4S12S
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico