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Tlalocite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Sky blue globular aggregates of the extremely rare tellurium mineral tlalocite from the only known locality worldwide, associated to dark blue azurite, black stutzite and cubic galenite.

The most perfect globular tlalocite aggregate is just inside the geode, in center of photo 2, close to azurite.

It includes an old label of unknown origin (not pictured).

Mineral Data
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Tlalocite

Formula: 
Cu10Zn6(Te6+O4)2(Te4+O3)(OH)25Cl·27H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.20
Hardness: 
1.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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