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Spiroffite & Tellurite

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Spiroffite & Tellurite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Pale pink crystals of the very rare tellurium mineral spiroffite from the type locality. Associated mineral is yellow tellurite.

Spiroffite has only been found in 3 localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spiroffite

Formula: 
(Mn,Zn)2Te4+3O8
Strunz: 
4.JK.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Tellurite

Formula: 
TeO2
Strunz: 
4.DE.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Slender prysmatic crystals
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Faţa Băii (Facebánya; Facebay; Fatiabaja), Zlatna (Zalatna; Zalathna), Alba Co., Romania

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