| Locality type: | Creek |
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| Species: | Dravite |
| Formula: | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Comments: | Occurs as crystals in masses & small, fan-shaped aggregates enclosed in quartz crystals. |
| Habit: | Crystals |
| Colour: | Gray to green |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Associates: | Quartz
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dravite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 223004 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:223004:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | f007b93e-c464-4776-a132-aacf75fe39ef |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens from the New Cornelia mine, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States have provided the best...hydrous aluminum copper phyllosilicate that was first described from Pima County, Arizona, by Schaller and...and Vlisidis (1958) and named after the Ajo district where it was found. They characterized the species...Ajoite generally occurs in the oxidation zone of copper-bearing base-metal deposits where it forms small...“freestanding” ajoite is known. Compared to the Arizona material (described later), the Messina ajoite |
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