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Cesbronite & Tlapallite

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Cesbronite & Tlapallite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Emerald green crystal aggregates of the very rare tellurium mineral cesbronite associated to gress green tlapallite from the type locality for both minerals.

Cesbronite and tlapallite have only been found in 3 localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cesbronite

Formula: 
Cu5(TeO3)2(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JN.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Tlapallite

Formula: 
H6(Ca,Pb)2(Cu,Zn)3(TeO3)4(TeO6)(SO4)
Strunz: 
4.JL.25
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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