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Stringhamite & Xonotlite

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Stringhamite & Xonotlite

Dan Behnke collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED! You are bidding on a small sample with abundant, beautiful stringhamite crystals on white needles of xonotlite. This sample is heavily illustrated and was featured in the Photo Atlas of Minerals (2007), Encyclopedia of Minerals (2nd Ed., 1990) and Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd Ed. 1995). Sample comes with the 5 original slides (scanned here, including the published originals) and the index cards with publication information, etc. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stringhamite

Formula: 
CaCu(SiO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bawana Mine (Old Hickory mine), Rocky District, Rocky Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Xonotlite

Formula: 
Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DG.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico

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