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Xocomecatlite & Mcalpineite

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Xocomecatlite & Mcalpineite

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Description
Locality: 
Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Emerald green rounded crystal aggregates of the very rare tellurite mineral xocomecatlite associated to apple green mcalpineite from the famous Bambollita , Moctezuma mine in Mexico.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xocomecatlite

Formula: 
Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BB.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Mcalpineite

Formula: 
Cu3(Te6+O6)
Strunz: 
7.DE.55
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

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