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Cervelleite & Tlapallite

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Cervelleite & Tlapallite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Grey metallic cervelleite, black benleonardite and grenish-blue tlapallite.  SEM-EDS  Raman confirmed. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cervelleite

Formula: 
Ag4TeS
Strunz: 
2.BA.60
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Tlapallite

Formula: 
H6(Ca,Pb)2(Cu,Zn)3(TeO3)4(TeO6)(SO4)
Strunz: 
4.JL.25
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico