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Xocomecatlite & Stützite

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Xocomecatlite & Stützite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

Green aggregates of the very rare mineral xocomecatlite associated to azurite and black stutzite, from one of the very few localities known worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xocomecatlite

Formula: 
Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BB.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Stützite

Formula: 
Ag5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36
Strunz: 
2.BA.65
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania

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