Eztlite

eztlite

emmonsite

cuzticite

schmitterite

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Formula: Pb2Fe3+3(Te4+O3)3(SO4)O2Cl
Tellurite
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 4.5 measured, 4.6 calculated
Hardness: 3
Streak: Orange
Colour: Brilliant red
Environments

Hydrothermal environments

Eztlite is a very rare mineral that occurs in the oxidation zone associated with other tellurium-bearing species (Webmin).

Localities

At the type locality, the Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico, eztlite and cuzticite were found together in oxidised ore in a matrix of intensely silicified and brecciated rhyolite vitrophyre cemented by drusy quartz and carrying pyrite and tellurides. Both occur with various iron oxides, emmonsite, schmitterite, kuranakhite and pyrite (AM 68.471, HOM).
Goethite first replaced the pyrite and encrusted nearby fracture surfaces while tellurium weathered to emmonsite. Continuing oxidation dissolved most emmonsite, and the tellurium released may have reacted with earlier goethite and other iron oxides to produce eztlite, cuzticite and kuranakhite (Minrec 55.6.841-843).
Eztlite from Moctezuma - Image

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