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Tellurite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.8 cm
Description

A rich miniature size specimen of tellurite from Moctezuma.   This specimen shows yellow to orange crystals and partial crystals on matrix.   Pleasing both to the naked eye, and under magnification.   Please note, I will be away from home until the end of October.   All autions will ship upon my return.​

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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