Poughite

Origin: Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Picture size: 3 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

 
Yellow spherical aggregates with tellurite on matrix
Origin: Mina Bambolla, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Sample size: micromounts
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Bright orange compact rosette like crystal to 0.5 mm in open vug. There are several other smaller crystals in the same vug and elsewhere on the specimen. Also associated are light brown needles of zemannite to 0.5 mm and patches of sugary gold in tiny areas within the matrix
Origin: Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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