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Burckhardtite & Timroseite

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Burckhardtite & Timroseite

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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4 × 1.6 cm
Description

Beige to whitish SEM-EDS confirmed burckhardtite, which occurs in a wide range of colours at the Bird Nest drift (almost colourless, yellow to red).

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

Timroseite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu5(TeO6)2(OH)2
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA