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Burckhardtite & Thorneite

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Burckhardtite & Thorneite

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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 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Hexagonal tabular burckhardtite in cavities of quartz with galena. Associated with some thorneite.

EDS analysed material, analysis attached. Associated with jarosite. 

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

Thorneite

Formula: 
Pb6(Te6+2O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O)
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite & Thorneite