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Moctezumite with Zemannite

#JD66120

Moctezumite with Zemannite

#JD66120
Availability
Sold
Size
3.5 x 3 x 2 cm - Miniature 
Formula
Pb(UO2)(Te4+O3)2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Tagged
tellurium

Excellent specimen of bladed orange Moctezumite crystals in a small 1.5mm vug shown at the orange arrow arrow. At the yellow arrows are acicular, very tiny (less than 0.5mm) of Zemannite. This is the only Moctezumite locality in the world. Personally I rarely see this mineral on the market.

Type & Only Locality, Raman

Moctezumite

Formula
Pb(UO2)(Te4+O3)2 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Color
orange, dark orange, brownish orange 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
John Dagenais Collection
Special Info
Type & Only Locality
Special Info
Raman

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