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Burckhardtite & Zemannite

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Burckhardtite & Zemannite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Burckhardtite is an extremely rare tellurium mineral from Moctezuma, its the type locality and only one of the few localities known worldwide, and associated to perfect brown prismatic zemannite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Burckhardtite

Formula: 
Pb2(Fe3+Te6+)[AlSi3O8]O6
Strunz: 
9.EC.70
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
pale red
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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

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