Tlapallite R060888
Name: Tlapallite
RRUFF ID: R060888
Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+3Te6+O12]2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)2·3H2O
Locality: La Oriental mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Apple green botryoidal crust
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060888
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Tlapallite

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Williams S A, Duggan M (1978) Tlapallite, a new mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 183-186   [view file]

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 464-467   [view file]

Missen O P, Kampf A R, Mills S J, Housley R M, Spratt J, Welch M D, Coolbaugh M F, Marty J, Chorazewicz M, Ferraris C (2019) The crystal structures of the mixed-valence tellurium oxysalts tlapallite, (Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+3Te6+O12]2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)2·3H2O, and carlfriesite, CaTe4+2Te6+O8, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 539-549   [view file]