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Schmitterite & Mackayite

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Schmitterite & Mackayite

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

light yellow tiny blades of schmitterite with green crystals of mackayite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schmitterite

Formula: 
(UO2)(TeO3)
Strunz: 
4.JK.70
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Mackayite

Formula: 
Fe3+(Te4+2O5)(OH)
Strunz: 
4.JL.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA