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Pingguite & Quetzalcoatlite

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Pingguite & Quetzalcoatlite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

Pale green crystals of the extremely rare bismuth tellurite mineral pingguite from one of the only three known localities worldwide associated to very minoritary sky blue quetzalcoatlite and white kettnerite.

Very limited find for pingguite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pingguite

Formula: 
Bi6Te4+2O13
Strunz: 
4.JL.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Yangjia Au deposit, Pinggu District, Beijing Municipality, China

Quetzalcoatlite

Formula: 
Zn6Cu3(TeO6)2(OH)6·AgxPbyClx+2y
Strunz: 
4.FE.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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