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Girdite

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Description
Locality: 
Tombstone District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Microcrystals of the Te bearing oxide girdite from the type locality. Brown to grey chlorargyrite crystals in cavities around the girdite.

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