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Xocolatlite & Carlfriesite

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Xocolatlite & Carlfriesite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
High Grade Hill, Wildcat Project, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Outstanding white carlfriesite crystals associated to brown xocolatlite, two very rare tellurium minerals in a single specimen !

SEM-EDS and Raman confirmed by Mineralanalytical services (J.Desor)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xocolatlite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn4+2(Te6+O6)2·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.85
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Carlfriesite

Formula: 
CaTe4+2Te6+O8
Strunz: 
4.JK.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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