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Apachite

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Description
Locality: 
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

Intense blue apachite, a copper silicate, only known from three places so far.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apachite

Formula: 
Cu9Si10O29·11H2O
Strunz: 
9.HE.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA