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Burckhardtite

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Brownish red burckhardtite on quartz associated with plumbotellurite, spiroffite and denningite from Moctezuma Mexico.

Plumbotellurite is present as brownish to colourless xls on the back of the specimen along with tellurite, spiroffite and white denningite. 

SEM-EDS, Raman & SCXRD confirmed no 1066. Specimen comes with a multi-page colour printed analytical documentation. 

 

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite
Analysis Report - only: Burckhardtite