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Burckhardtite

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Burckhardtite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 6.2 × 3.2 cm
Description

Very tiny pink to red brown crystals and coatings of the extremely rare Te-mineral very rich on matrix. With numerous crystals of small brown zemanite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Burckhardtite

Formula: 
Pb2(Fe3+Te6+)[AlSi3O8]O6
Strunz: 
9.EC.70
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
pale red
Type Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico