Mineralpedia Details for Moctezumite
Moctezumite
Named after the type locality, and only locality, at the Moctezuma mine in Sonora, Mexico. Moctezumite is a rare mineral that occurs only in the Moctezuma mine in the oxidized portion of the hydrothermal gold-tellurium deposits. Moctezumite occurs in association with schmitterite, burckhardtite, zemannite, emmonsite, pyrite, barite, and limonite. Moctezumite is strongly radioactive.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/moctezumite.pdf
- Formula
- Pb(UO2)(Te4+O3)2
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Color
- orange, dark orange, brownish orange
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Hardness
- 3
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Moctezumite from Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Orange bladed crystals to aboput 0.75mm lying flat on matrix.
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Moctezumite from Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Well-formed, free standing, orange, platy crystals of very rare Moctezumite in an aggregate measuring about 1mm.
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