Home > Mexico II Type Locales – December 22 > MS1708 Poughite
Poughite - Sold
- Bambolla mine
- Moctezuma
- Sonora
- Mexico
- 3.3 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm – Thumbnail specimen (fits into a 2.5 cm cube)
Poughite is a hydrous iron tellurite sulfate. Gaines (1968) named the mineral in honor of Fred H. Pough (1906-2006), mineralogist who trained under Victor Goldschmidt in Heidelberg, who first described brazilianite, and later became curator at the American Museum of Natural History (New York).
Poughite here forms a crust of radiating crystals. The mineral is typically nondescript. Associated here is minor bladed, altered tellurite. This specimen dates to 2007, when exploration for gold around Moctezuma enabled collecting of a ton or two of tellurate bearing rock.
