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Housleyite Markcooperite Ottoite & Khinite

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Housleyite Markcooperite Ottoite & 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: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

Bright blue housleyite, yellow-brown markcooperite associated with khinite and ottoite, quartz and minor native gold.

SEM-EDS confirmed material.

 

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

Markcooperite

Formula: 
Pb2(UO2)(TeO6)
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Ottoite

Formula: 
Pb2TeO5
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, 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