
General Information:

Chemical Formula:
Pb6H6(Te++++O3)3(Te++++++O6)2·2(H2O)

Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 2,259.27 gm)
Tellurium 28.24 %
TeHydrogen 0.45 %
H Lead 55.03 %
PbOxygen 16.29 %
O 
Empirical Formula:
Pb6H6(TeO3)3(TeO6)2·2(H2O)

Environment:
In an altered, mineralized shale.

IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1979

Locality:
Grand Central mine, Tombstone, Arizona, USA.

Name Origin:
Named for O. (Oliver) Boyer, one of the men who first staked the Grand Central lode claim in the Tombstone district, Arizona, USA.
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
[???] Perfect

Color:
white or milky white.

Density:
6.4

Habits:
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes., Spherical - Spherical, rounded aggregates., Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Hardness:
1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum

Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.

Streak:
white
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