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Moctezuma (Bambolla/Moctezuma Mine)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Also reported: Moctezumite, mackayite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Tertiary Te-rich veins

Type locality for several tellurium species.

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