Image: Paratellurite-Tellurium-236620

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Description: Paratellurite, Tellurium Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Municipio de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.6 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm. Paratellurite is a very rare species and this rich and showy ore specimen is from the Co-type Locality - the Moctezuma Mine of Sonora, Mexico. This gold-tellurium mine is renowned for its wealth of secondary tellurium minerals. Pastel-yellow microcrystals and crusts of paratellurite richly cover both sides of the quartz-rich matrix. A rich concentration of sparkly, silver-gray native tellurium microcrystals covers one end of this fine old-time piece from the Mullane Collection.
Title: Paratellurite-Tellurium-236620
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Author: Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com
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