| Comments: | The Munakataite occurs sparsely on a single thumbnail-sized specimen from Tiger as medium cyan-blue acicular crystals, averaging 0.5 mm in length, and possessing a silky to adamantine luster. The crystals occur intimately associated with altered crystals of Boleite and two generations of Leadhillite crystals. Other associates on the same specimen include a third generation of Leadhillite crystals, Quartz, Cerussite, Djurleite, Covellite, and a number of unidentified, or inadequately identified, species, including a bladed microscopic lead sulphate silicate, with small percentages of zinc and copper—possibly a copper-bearing Queitite. The identification was made on the basis of compositional analysis using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), augmented with semi-quantitative wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDS) for sulfur, and because the sample is consistent with the form and appearance of the species as set forth in the published description of Munakataite in 2008. |
 | Kampf, A. R., Pluth, J. J., Chen, Y.-S., Roberts, A. C., Housley, R. M. (2013) Bobmeyerite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, USA, structurally related to cerchiaraite and ashburtonite. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (1) 81-91 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.08 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 81–91 Bobmeyerite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, USA, structurally related to cerchiaraite and...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA Department of Geophysical...South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1434, USA Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University...South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1434, USA Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa...Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA [Received 2 October 2012; Accepted 6 January 2013; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Housley (2013) Bobmeyerite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, USA, structurally related to cerchiaraite and...the MammothSaint Anthony mine (32°42′23″N, 110°40′59″W), Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, U.S.A. It occurs...A. He acquired the first mineral from Mammoth-Saint Anthony mine in 1978 and since then he has intensively...minerals of that deposit, discovering the first specimen of the rare mineral munakataite. He also predicted...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.), catalogue numbers |
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Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA