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Bairdite & Hessite

confirmed specimen 2018-11-24-04

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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: 
3.3 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm
Description

Rare analysed apple-green bairdite coating hessite with native gold. Specimen has the number 2018-11-24-04 and comes with a printed analysis of both hessite and bairdite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bairdite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu2+4Te6+2O10(OH)2(SO4)•H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Hessite

Formula: 
Ag2Te
Strunz: 
2.BA.60
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Koz'modem'yanskii shaft, Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Bairdite & Hessite
Analysis Report - only: Bairdite & Hessite