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Housleyite & Native Gold

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Housleyite & Native Gold

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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: 
3.3 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

Blue housleyite asssociated with filigrane native gold in quartz matrix from the Bird Nest Drift.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Housleyite

Formula: 
Pb6CuTe6+4O18(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0