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Girdite & Fairbankite

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Girdite & Fairbankite

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Description
Locality: 
Joe Mine, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with some white balls of girdite in association with some colorless crystals of fairbankite. A great specimen of both rare Te minerals!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Girdite

Formula: 
H2Pb3(Te4+O3)(Te6+O6)
Strunz: 
4.JL.30
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Joe Mine (Joe shaft), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Fairbankite

Formula: 
Pb(TeO3)
Strunz: 
4.JK.50
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Grand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine group, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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