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Burckhardtite Rodalquilarite

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Burckhardtite Rodalquilarite

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Description
Locality: 
Tombstone District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed burckhardtite from the Tombstone mining area, Arizona. Burckhardtite occurs as red to beige masses irregular aggregates among pale green rodalquilarite in cavities with jarosite and colourless alunite. 

Analysis in the analytical section. Specimen has the ID no 606. 

 

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

Rodalquilarite

Formula: 
Fe2(TeO2OH)3(TeO3)Cl
Strunz: 
4.JL.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Filon 340, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite Rodalquilarite
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite Rodalquilarite
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite Rodalquilarite
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite Rodalquilarite