Formula: Cu(Se,Te)2
Origin of name: After locality; Mina la Bambolla near Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (translation roughly means "hot air" in allusion to exaggerated tales of rich gold ore)
Crystal system: Tetragonal, pseudocubic
Crystal class: 4/m 2/m 2/m
Twinning:
Unit cell: a = 5.466 Å, c = 5.632 Å
Colour: Slate-gray
Diaphaneity: Opaque
Luster: Metallic
Habit: Microcrystalline; massive
Hardness: 3
Specific gravity: 5.02
Cleavage: None
Tenacity: fracture fine conchoidal
Streak:
Synonyms/varieties:
Comments: Found in oxidised Au-Te ores in sub-parallel quartz veins in hydrothermally altered tuff
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