Moctezumite

Formula:  Pd(UO2)(TeO3)2

Origin of name:  Locality; Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

 

Crystal system:  Monoclinic

Crystal class:  2/m

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Colour:  Bright orange

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Habit:  Crystals blade-like elongated on b-axis, flattened, curved; in rosettes

Hardness:  ~ 3

Specific gravity:  5.73

Cleavage:  1; {100} perfect

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