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Mosesite

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Description
Locality: 
Mariposa Mine, Terlingua District, Brewster County, Texas, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

Small yellow areas of mosesite outcropping in matrix.   A rare example of this mercury bearing halide known only from the Western United States and Mexico.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mosesite

Formula: 
(Hg2N)(Cl,SO4,MoO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
3.DD.30
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

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