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Timroseite & Khinite

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Timroseite & 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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Apple green crystals of the very rare tellurium mineral timroseite associated to minoritary dark green khinite crystals from the type locality for both minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Timroseite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu5(TeO6)2(OH)2
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
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

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