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Quetzalcoatlite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
North Star Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Outstanding several sky blue quetzalcoatlite crystals grouped in radial aggregates on a contrasting matrix from one the most famous localities for the mineral.

Quetzalcoatlite is an extremely rare tellurate found in a very few localities wordwide.

Minoritary associated minerals after the label are eurekadumpite and goldfieldite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quetzalcoatlite

Formula: 
Zn6Cu3(TeO6)2(OH)6·AgxPbyClx+2y
Strunz: 
4.FE.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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