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Khinite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Small emeraldgreen and lustrous microcrystals on quartz matrix with minor olivegreen timroseite.

Very rare mineral - you need a microscope to see the beautiful green crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Khinite

Formula: 
Pb2+Cu2+3[Te6+O6](OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FD.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Old Guard Mine (Royal Guard Mine), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA