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Kinoite

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Description
Locality: 
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.4 × 3 cm
Description

Sharp bright deep blue kinoite crystals and clear fluorapophyllite-(K) all around the specimen.

Kinoite crystals from the Christmas Mine are often coated by fluorapophyllite-(K). Here they are intermixed so the kinoite is very good to see.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kinoite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu2(H2O)2[Si3O10]
Strunz: 
9.BH.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

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