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Junitoite : CaZn2[Si2O7] · H2O, Kinoite : Ca2Cu2(H2O)2[Si3O10] |
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Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Colorless, tabular crystals of junitoite almost filling a fracture in grossular-rich skarn. One crystal is broken, displaying the perfect {100} cleavage. Associated minerals are kinoite (blue) and smectite. The width of view is 3 mm. |
| © Wm. Wise | Photo ID: 50464 View Count: 646 |
Junitoite : CaZn2[Si2O7] · H2O |
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Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
FOV 16 mm. Colourless junitoite. |
| © JEFS | Photo ID: 94430 View Count: 206 |
Junitoite : CaZn2[Si2O7] · H2O |
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Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
A rich 1.2cm vug of freestanding and flatlying Junitoite plates, with a tiny blue Kinoite crystal included. Michael Cline specimen and photograph. |
| © Michael D. Cline | Photo ID: 165170 View Count: 126 |
Junitoite : CaZn2[Si2O7] · H2O, Kinoite : Ca2Cu2(H2O)2[Si3O10], Smectite Group : A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2·nH2O |
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Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Width of field 2.5 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. Compositing software: CombineZP. Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope. Clear junitoite crystals with blue kinoite on a substrate of clay-like smectite. |
| © 2008 Jesse Crawford | Photo ID: 190820 View Count: 109 |
