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Junitoite & Sauconite

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Junitoite & Sauconite

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Description
Locality: 
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
23.00gr
Description

Matrix rich in pink massive suaconite with pearly white, platy, junitoite crystals from the species Type Locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Junitoite

Formula: 
CaZn2Si2O7·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
colorless
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Sauconite

Formula: 
Na0.3Zn3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.45
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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