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Pingguite Quetzalcoatlite & Kettnerite

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Pingguite Quetzalcoatlite & Kettnerite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on an extremely rare sample of pingguite as several bright green, pearly clusters and scales of crystals intermixed with tiny acicular needles of quetzalcoatlite and tiny white plates of kettnerite. Very few samples of this mineral were recovered from the Blue Bell claim. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pingguite

Formula: 
Bi6Te4+2O13
Strunz: 
4.JL.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Yangjia Au deposit, Pinggu District, Beijing Municipality, China

Quetzalcoatlite

Formula: 
Zn6Cu3(TeO6)2(OH)6·AgxPbyClx+2y
Strunz: 
4.FE.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Kettnerite

Formula: 
CaBiCO3OF
Strunz: 
5.BE.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Barbora adit, Knöttel area (Knötel; Knödel; Knödlberg), Krupka (Graupen), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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