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Spiroffite

Year of discovery: 1962 (Moctezuma mine (Bambolla mine), Mexico), 1964 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of spiroffite

• Mn₂Te₃O₈
• (Mn,Zn)₂Te₃O₈
• [Mn²⁺₂][Te₃O₈]^4-

• Class: Spiroffite group
• Class: Tellurite

• Mn => Zn: Zincospiroffite

• Color: Purplish red, Pink
• Streak: Pale red
• Luster: Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Cleavage: Distinct (2 planes)
• Hardness: 3.5
• Density: 5.0

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, C2/c
• Lattice: a=12.9, b=5.4, c=11.9, β=98.2