Burckhardtite

  
Burckhardtite (purplish red) with Moctezumite (orange)
 
  
Origin: Mina Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 4 cm (top), 4.5x3.5x3cm (2nd row), 4 x 3 x 3.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Purplish red fine grained submicroscopic crystals occurring in patches along fractures associated with brown crystals of zemannite to 0.2 mm and white paratellurite.
Origin: Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Pink burckhardtite with dickite on matrix
Origin: Mina Bambolla, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Sample size: 4 x 5 cm
 
Carmine-red tiny crystals with denningite on matrix
Origin: Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Sample size: 4 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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