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Khinite-3T & Timroseite

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Khinite-3T & Timroseite

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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 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Intense dark green khinite-3T and timroseite in quartz. 

Beautiful and large crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Khinite-3T

Formula: 
Pb2+Cu32+Te6+O6(OH)2
Strunz: 
4/K.15-50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Emerald Mine, Tombstone District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Polytype Of: 

Khinite

Formula: 
Pb2+Cu2+3[Te6+O6](OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FD.30
Hardness: 
3.0

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