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Mojaveite & Khinite

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Mojaveite & Khinite

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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: 
4.2 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

Greenish blue mojaveite with green khinite on quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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