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Ottoite Fuettererite & Mojaveite

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Ottoite Fuettererite & Mojaveite

SEM-EDS confirmed sample no 2018-12-22-05

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Description
Locality: 
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

SEM-EDS confirmed pale to colourless ottoite (analysed specimen no 2018-12-22-05) with blue fuettererite and green mojaveite. 

Analysis attached. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ottoite

Formula: 
Pb2TeO5
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Fuettererite

Formula: 
Pb3Cu2+6Te6+O6(OH)7Cl5
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
NE2 vein, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Mojaveite

Formula: 
Cu6[Te6+O4(OH)2](OH)7Cl
Hardness: 
1.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell claims; Hard Luck Mine; Hard Luck claims; Atkinson), Baker, Soda Lake Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Ottoite Fuettererite & Mojaveite
Analysis Report - only: Ottoite Fuettererite & Mojaveite
Analysis Report - only: Ottoite Fuettererite & Mojaveite