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Gilalite

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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: 
2.1 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

several apple green balls of gilalite from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gilalite

Formula: 
Cu5Si6O17·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.HE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA