Xocomecatlite

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
Cu3Te++++++O4(OH)4
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 450.26 gm)
Copper 42.34 % Cu
Tellurium 28.34 % Te
Hydrogen 0.90 % H 
Oxygen 28.43 % O 
 Empirical Formula:
Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4
 Environment:
In cracks in altered rhyolite.
 IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1975
 Locality:
Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico.
 Name Origin:
Named for the Nahuatl for "bunches of grapes", in allusion to the appearance of the green spherules of the mineral.
Physical Properties:
 Color:
green or emerald green.
 Density:
4.65
 Habits:
Spherical - Spherical, rounded aggregates., Botryoidal - "Grape-like" rounded forms (e.g.. malachite)., Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. s tibnite)
 Hardness:
4 - Fluorite
 Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.
 Streak:
light green
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