[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:3905":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":11,"weighting":12,"nolocadd":13,"blacklisted":13,"mindat_formula":14,"mindat_formula_note":11,"ima_formula":14,"elements":15,"sigelements":18,"key_elements":19,"impurities":11,"cim":20,"ima_status":21,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":11,"approval_year":11,"publication_year":24,"discovery_year":25,"strunz10ed1":26,"strunz10ed2":27,"strunz10ed3":28,"strunz10ed4":29,"dana8ed1":26,"dana8ed2":26,"dana8ed3":30,"dana8ed4":31,"csystem":32,"cclass":33,"spacegroup":34,"spacegroupset":35,"a":36,"b":37,"c":38,"alpha":39,"beta":39,"gamma":39,"aerror":40,"berror":41,"cerror":41,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":11,"gammaerror":11,"va3":11,"z":33,"csmetamict":13,"commentcrystal":11,"twinning":11,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":42,"tlform":11,"hmin":43,"hmax":43,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":39,"vhnmax":39,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":44,"dmeas2":45,"dcalc":46,"dmeaserror":11,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":11,"lustre":47,"lustretype":48,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":49,"streak":11,"colour":50,"commentcolor":11,"colors":51,"streak_colors":11,"luminescence":11,"uv":11,"cleavage":56,"cleavagetype":57,"fracturetype":11,"tenacity":58,"commentbreak":11,"opticaltype":59,"opticalsign":60,"opticalalpha":61,"opticalalpha2":39,"opticalalphaerror":62,"opticalbeta":63,"opticalbeta2":39,"opticalbetaerror":43,"opticalgamma":64,"opticalgamma2":39,"opticalgammaerror":43,"opticalomega":39,"opticalomega2":39,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":39,"opticalepsilon2":39,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":39,"opticaln2":39,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":39,"optical2vcalc2":39,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":65,"optical2vmeasured2":39,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":43,"rimax":66,"opticaldispersion":67,"opticalpleochroism":11,"opticalpleochorismdesc":11,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":11,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":68,"industrial":11,"occurrence":11,"otheroccurrence":11,"type_specimen_store":11,"description_short":11,"aboutname":69,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":70,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":71,"group_members":72,"associates":73,"confused_with":84,"type_localities":93,"occurrence_total":100,"citations":101,"images":164,"structures":264,"synonyms":276,"language_names":283,"wikidata_qid":335,"texts":336},3905,"1:1:3905:1","27385bc4-9478-411d-b08b-158110cdbbc1","Tellurite","Tlr",0,"mineral",null,1508,false,"TeO\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",[16,17],"Te","O",[16,17],[16],"7.17.2",[22,23],"APPROVED","GRANDFATHERED",1842,"1842","4","D","E","20","6","1","Orthorhombic",8,61,"Pbca ","12.035","5.464","5.607","0",6,3,"Acicular [001] and thin laths {010}, often striated [001]. Grouped in tufts and in spherical masses with a radiated structure. Powdery coatings.",2,"5.88","5.92","5.75","Subadamantine","Sub-Adamantine","Transparent","White to yellow, bright yellow to orange-yellow; nearly colourless in transmitted light",[52,53,54,55],"yellow","orange","white","colorless","Perfect on {010}.","Perfect","flexible","Biaxial","-","2.00",5,"2.18","2.35","90",2.35,"relatively weak, r \u003C v","Very slightly soluble in H2O.","Named for its tellurium content.","2025-08-11 12:14:24",[],[],[74],{"id":75,"name":76,"entrytype":9,"csystem":77,"ima_formula":78,"mindat_formula":79,"hmin":43,"hmax":80,"dmeas":81,"dcalc":82,"primary_image_id":83},2226,"Klockmannite","Hexagonal","Cu\u003Csub>5.2\u003C\u002Fsub>Se\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>","CuSe",2.5,"5.99","6.12",5188,[85],{"id":86,"name":87,"entrytype":9,"csystem":88,"ima_formula":14,"mindat_formula":14,"hmin":89,"hmax":89,"dmeas":90,"dcalc":91,"primary_image_id":92},3116,"Paratellurite","Tetragonal",1,"5.60","6.017",18745,[94],{"id":95,"txt":96,"latitude":97,"longitude":98,"country":99},2611,"Faţa Băii, Zlatna, Alba County, Romania",46.1311111,23.1436111,"Romania",70,[102,105,108,112,116,120,124,127,131,135,139,143,147,151,155,159],{"id":103,"year":24,"html":104,"doi":11},16125271,"Petz, W. (1842) Zerlegung einiger Siebenbürger Tellur-Erze. Annalen der Physik und Chemie: 57: 467-478 (478). (as tellurige Säure)",{"id":106,"year":24,"html":107,"doi":11},16125284,"Petz, W. (1842) Zerlegung einiger Siebenbürger Tellur-Erze. Annalen der Physik und Chemie: 57: 467-478 (478).",{"id":109,"year":110,"html":111,"doi":11},16125272,1845,"Haidinger, W. (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte. VIII. Antimonbaryt. Tellurit.. in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien): 499-506.",{"id":113,"year":114,"html":115,"doi":11},16104418,1878,"Genth, F.A. (1878) On some tellurium and vanadium minerals. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society: 17: 113-123.",{"id":117,"year":118,"html":119,"doi":11},16125273,1886,"Krenner, J. (1886) Term. Füz.: 10: 81, 106.",{"id":121,"year":122,"html":123,"doi":11},16125274,1933,"Ito, T. (1933) Journal Geological Society of Japan: 40(481): 613-616.",{"id":125,"year":122,"html":126,"doi":11},16125275,"Kato, T., Shibata, H., Nakamoto, A. (1933) On the telluriferous gold silver vein of the Rendaiji mine, Idu, with a special referenees to tellurite found in it. Journal Geological Society of Japan: 40: 233-241. (in Japanese)",{"id":128,"year":129,"html":130,"doi":11},16125276,1934,"Inuzuka, H. (1934) The crystal structure of Tellurite, TeO2. Journal Geological Society of Japan: 41: 131-138. (in Japanese)",{"id":132,"year":133,"html":134,"doi":11},16125277,1940,"Ito, T., Sawada, H. (1940) The Crystal Structure of Tellurite (TeO2). Zeitschrift für Kristallographie-Crystalline Materials: 102(1): 13-25.",{"id":136,"year":137,"html":138,"doi":11},1118651,1944,"Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.",{"id":140,"year":141,"html":142,"doi":11},16125279,1949,"Stehlík, B., Balák, L. (1949) The crystal structure of tellurium dioxide. Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications:14: 595-607.",{"id":144,"year":145,"html":146,"doi":11},16125280,1956,"Swanson, H.E. (1956) Standard X-ray Diffraction Powder Patterns: Data for 53 substances, Volume 539. 56.",{"id":148,"year":149,"html":150,"doi":11},16125281,1967,"Beyer, H. (1967) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von tellurit, dem rhombischen TeO2 (Refinement of the crystal structure of tellurite, the rhombic TeO2). Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 124: 228-237.",{"id":152,"year":153,"html":154,"doi":11},16125282,1981,"Honma, H., Nakata, M. (1981) Syntheses of Tellurite in the System, Tellurium Tetrachloride Ammonia Water at Room Temperature. Journal of the Mineral Society of Japan: 15(1): 1-9 (6).",{"id":156,"year":157,"html":158,"doi":11},16967633,2005,"(2005) Tellurite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Ftellurite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":160,"year":161,"html":162,"doi":163},244775,2016,"Christy, Andrew G., Mills, Stuart J., Kampf, Anthony R., Housley, Robert M., Thorne, Brent, Marty, Joe (2016) The relationship between mineral composition, crystal structure and paragenetic sequence: the case of secondary Te mineralization at the Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, California, USA. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  80 (2) 291-310 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.2016.080.001'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.2016.080.001\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.2016.080.001",[165,175,182,189,197,206,212,219,226,233,239,245,251,258],{"id":166,"source_url":167,"license_code":168,"credit_html":169,"title":170,"description":171,"author":172,"original_width":173,"original_height":174},19903,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161245","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161245\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tellurite-214971.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.9 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson. This is a very rich specimen with a huge composite Tellurite crystal measuring over 1.2 cm in size. It is composed of numerous parallel-growth crystals of the same length, joining together. Many individual crystals to several millimeters in size line the quartz vug which this crystal projects into. This is almost unheard of from previous finds. Only microcrystals are readily available to the collector (from workings 40-50 years ago). Small yellow patches of micro-poughite are also present, it appears (but not confirmed by analysis).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",769,800,{"id":176,"source_url":177,"license_code":168,"credit_html":178,"title":179,"description":171,"author":172,"original_width":180,"original_height":181},23754,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161246","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161246\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tellurite-214972.jpg",400,323,{"id":183,"source_url":184,"license_code":168,"credit_html":185,"title":186,"description":187,"author":172,"original_width":174,"original_height":188},23755,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161252","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161252\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tellurite-214975.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.1 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson. This is a very rich specimen with a huge Tellurite crystal measuring 1.2 cm in size. Several other crystals to several millimeters in size line the quartz vug which this crystal projects into. This is almost unheard of from previous finds. Only microcrystals are readily available to the collector (from workings 40-50 years ago). Small yellow patches of micro-poughite and paratellurite are also present, it appears (but not confirmed by analysis).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",699,{"id":190,"source_url":191,"license_code":168,"credit_html":192,"title":193,"description":194,"author":172,"original_width":195,"original_height":196},23756,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161255","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161255\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tellurite-214978.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.3 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A single, beautifully formed, terminated, brightly colored tellurite crystal perched in a protected vug, lined with drusy quartz. The crystal is approx 5-6mm long. One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",273,343,{"id":198,"source_url":199,"license_code":168,"credit_html":200,"title":201,"description":202,"author":203,"original_width":204,"original_height":205},23757,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14865509","Christian Rewitzer, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14865509\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tellurite-77800.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Yellow tellurite on quartz. Picture width 2 mm. Collection and photograph Christian Rewitzer  This Photo was Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 2nd Feb 2007\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Christian Rewitzer",600,695,{"id":207,"source_url":208,"license_code":168,"credit_html":209,"title":210,"description":194,"author":172,"original_width":211,"original_height":174},82233,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161254","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161254\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tellurite-214977.jpg",524,{"id":213,"source_url":214,"license_code":168,"credit_html":215,"title":216,"description":217,"author":172,"original_width":218,"original_height":180},75200,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10461295","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10461295\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tellurite-rare-09-02c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 5.9 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>TELLURITE\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson. This is a very rich specimen with a HUGE composite Tellurite crystal measuring OVER 1.2 CM in size! It is composed of numerous parallel-growth crystals of the same length, joining together. Many individual crystals to several millimeters in size line the quartz vug which this crystal projects into. This is almost unheard of from previous finds - certainly I had never seen the like for sale. Only microcrystals are readily available to the collector, and those not easily found on the market today (from workings 40-50 years ago). Colorful, displayable, and frankly VERY RARE in such quality! Small yellow patches of micro-poughite are also present, it appears (but not confirmed by analysis).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",328,{"id":220,"source_url":221,"license_code":168,"credit_html":222,"title":223,"description":224,"author":172,"original_width":180,"original_height":225},72722,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10461303","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10461303\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tellurite-rare-09-04c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.1 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>TELLURITE\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson. This is a very rich specimen with a HUGE Tellurite crystal measuring 1.2 CM in size! Several other crystals to several millimeters in size line the quartz vug which this crystal projects into. This is a large protected crystal that displays beautifully. This is almost unheard of from previous finds - certainly I had never seen the like for sale. Only microcrystals are readily available to the collector, and those not easily found on the market today (from workings 40-50 years ago). Colorful, displayable, and frankly VERY RARE in such quality! Small yellow patches of micro-poughite and paratellurite are also present, it appears (but not confirmed by analysis).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",350,{"id":227,"source_url":228,"license_code":168,"credit_html":229,"title":230,"description":231,"author":172,"original_width":232,"original_height":174},7035,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161248","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161248\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Denningite-Tellurite-214973.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDenningite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Denningite\">Denningite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.5 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Denningite is found only at this mine, the type locality for the species recognized in 1961 from material found in the 1940s-1950s. One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson. This is a very rich specimen with vitreous, very nice yellow, elongated crystals of denningite admixed with microcrystalline or acrystalline yellow tellurite. I am told that mixed with the denningite is often spiroffite, and the two are often mislabeled one way or the other, but this has not been determined for this specimen. Type locality.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",679,{"id":234,"source_url":235,"license_code":168,"credit_html":236,"title":237,"description":231,"author":172,"original_width":238,"original_height":180},7036,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161249","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161249\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Denningite-Tellurite-214974.jpg",389,{"id":240,"source_url":241,"license_code":168,"credit_html":242,"title":243,"description":244,"author":172,"original_width":174,"original_height":204},16830,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161256","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161256\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mroseite-Tellurite-215040.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMroseite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mroseite\">Mroseite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 10.7 x 7.6 x 4.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This large specimen features numerous fat tellurite crystal clusters to 5-6mm perched on the edges of a protected vug, lined with drusy quartz - a beautiful and unusually rich specimen. This piece is also rich in the rarer species Mroseite, which is present as white cleavage fragments all over the left-hand side of the specimen (per Bill Pinch, Mark Feinglos, and Marcus Origlieri by visual inspection). One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":246,"source_url":247,"license_code":168,"credit_html":248,"title":249,"description":244,"author":172,"original_width":250,"original_height":174},16832,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161260","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161260\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mroseite-Tellurite-215042.jpg",667,{"id":252,"source_url":253,"license_code":168,"credit_html":254,"title":255,"description":256,"author":172,"original_width":180,"original_height":257},7037,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10461300","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10461300\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Denningite-Tellurite-rare-09-03c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDenningite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Denningite\">Denningite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurite\">Tellurite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontezuma\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montezuma\">Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMoctezuma_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Moctezuma (municipality)\">Municipio de Moctezuma\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSonora\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sonora\">Sonora\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2356.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5.5 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>DENNINGITE with TELLURITE\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Denningite is found ONLY at this mine, the type locality for the species recognized in 1961 from material found in the 1940s-1950s. One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson. This is a very rich specimen with vitreous, very nice yellow, elongated crystals of denningite admixed with microcrystalline or acrystalline yellow tellurite. It is rich and colorful throughout the display face. I am told that mixed with the denningite is often spiroffite, and the two are often mislabelled one way or the other, but this has not been determined for this specimen. (TYPE LOCALITY)\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",294,{"id":259,"source_url":260,"license_code":168,"credit_html":261,"title":262,"description":244,"author":172,"original_width":180,"original_height":263},16831,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161258","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161258\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Mroseite-Tellurite-215041.jpg",317,[265,271],{"id":266,"url":267,"label":268,"formula":269,"spacegroup":270,"year":149},13461,"\u002Fcif\u002F13461.cif","Beyer 1967","Te O2","P b c a",{"id":272,"url":273,"label":274,"formula":269,"spacegroup":275,"year":133},13462,"\u002Fcif\u002F13462.cif","Ito 1940","P c a b",[277,278,279,280,281,282],"Acide tellurique","Telluric ochre","Telluriet","Tellurige Säure","Tellurita","Tellurocker",[284,289,293,297,301,304,308,311,315,319,324,328,332],{"lang":285,"names":286},"ar",[287,288],"تيلوريت","تيلوريت (معدن)",{"lang":290,"names":291},"ca",[292],"tel·lurita",{"lang":294,"names":295},"de",[296,282],"Tellurit",{"lang":298,"names":299},"es",[300],"Telurita",{"lang":302,"names":303},"eu",[300],{"lang":305,"names":306},"fr",[307],"tellurite",{"lang":309,"names":310},"it",[7],{"lang":312,"names":313},"ja",[314],"テルル石",{"lang":316,"names":317},"pl",[318],"Telluryt",{"lang":320,"names":321},"ru",[322,323],"Теллурит","Теллурит (минерал)",{"lang":325,"names":326},"sr",[327],"телурит",{"lang":329,"names":330},"ta",[331],"தெலூரைட்டு",{"lang":333,"names":334},"uk",[327],"Q414369",{"history":11,"applications":11}]