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Choloalite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Green microcrystals of the very rare tellurium mineral choloalite from the type locality in Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, in a contrasting matrix.

Moctezuma is known for its extensive paragenesis of rare tellurium minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Choloalite

Formula: 
(Cu,Sb)3(Pb,Ca)3(TeO3)6Cl
Strunz: 
4.JK.45
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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