Khinite from
Old Guard Mine (Royal Guard Mine), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Type Locality:	Old Guard Mine (Royal Guard Mine), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA is the type locality for Khinite
Comments:	Found in dump material as corroded crystals forming rings on fracture surfaces of silicified granodiorite.
Habit:	Corroded, minute (up to 0.15mm) crystals forming rings.
Colour:	Deep green.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 267; Williams, S.A. (1978), Khinite, parakhinite, and dugganite, three new tellurates from Tombstone, AZ, Am.Min.: 63: 1016-1019.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Chlorargyrite Dugganite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Khinite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Old Guard Mine (Royal Guard Mine), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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