Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Xocomecatlite is a rare tellurate mineral with formula: Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4. It is an orthorhombic mineral which occurs as aggregates or spherules of green needlelike crystals.It was first described in 1975 for an occurrence in the Oriental mine near Moctezuma Sonora Mexico. It has also been reported from the Centennial Eureka mine in the Tintic District Juab County Utah and the Emerald mine of the Tombstone District Cochise County Arizona in the United States.