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Khinite-3T & Dugganite

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Khinite-3T & Dugganite

ex Bill Pinch collection
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Description
Locality: 
Emerald Mine, Tombstone District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with numerous small, dark green crystals of parakhinite (khinite-3T) on matrix with a lime green, unknown Cu-tellurate and dugganite. This is part of the original small find that lead to the description of the species from the Bill Pinch collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Khinite-3T

Formula: 
Pb2+Cu32+Te6+O6(OH)2
Strunz: 
4/K.15-50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Emerald Mine, Tombstone District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Polytype Of: 

Khinite

Formula: 
Pb2+Cu2+3[Te6+O6](OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FD.30
Hardness: 
3.0

Dugganite

Formula: 
Pb3Zn3(AsO4)2(TeO6)
Strunz: 
8.DL.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Emerald Mine, Silver Plume Mine (Emerald & Silver Plume Mine group), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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