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Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

(Mina la Bambolla, Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico)

A gold-tellurium mine.
Famous for a wealth of secondary tellurium minerals.

Refs.:
- Panczner(1987): 108, 125, 136, 149, 176, 179, 186, 190, 223, 244, 247, 256, 276, 280, 293, 301, 336, 338, 349, 357, 370 & 401.
- H. Braith, J. Gröbner, G. Langer & M. Seitz (2001): Moctezumas geheime Schätze: Bambolla, Bambollita und San Miguel. Lapis, 26(1), 11-23. (in German)
- C. Rewitzer (2001): Bambollita, Bambolla, San Migeul und Candelaria: Untertagefunde und Typmineralien. Lapis, 26(1), 24-40. (in German)





Map Reference: 29°48'N , 109°40'W

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
Altaite
Aragonite
Azurite
Bambollaite (TL)
Baryte
Benleonardite
Burckhardtite (TL)
Calcite
Caledonite
Carlfriesite
Cerussite
Cervelleite
Chalcomenite
Choloalite
Cinnabar
Cliffordite
Cuzticite (TL)
Denningite (TL)
Dickite
Dolomite
Emmonsite
Eztlite (TL)
Fluorite
Fornacite
'Garnet Group'
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
var: Selenite

Hakite
Hessite
Illite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kinichilite
Klockmannite
Kuranakhite
Libethenite
Limonite
Mackayite
Malachite
Mimetite
Moctezumite (TL)
Molybdomenite
Mroseite (TL)
Paratellurite (TL)
Plumbojarosite
Plumbotellurite
Poughite (TL)
Pseudomalachite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
Schmitterite (TL)
Selenium
Siderite
Silver
Sonoraite (TL)
Sphalerite
Spiroffite (TL)
Tellurite
Tellurium
Tetradymite
Tlapallite
Wulfenite
Xocolatlite (TL)
Yafsoanite
Zemannite (TL)


68 entries listed. 65 valid minerals. 14 type localities (valid minerals).

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