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Benleonardite

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Benleonardite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Black crystal aggregates of the very rare telluride mineral benleonardite from the TL in Moctezuma in a white contrasting matrix.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Benleonardite

Formula: 
Ag8(Sb,As)Te2S3
Strunz: 
2.LA.50
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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