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

Description
Comments:Thin crystalline films on fractures in quartz gangue and as crystals in vugs.
Habit:Tabular, hexagonal, euhedral crystals to 0.5mm.
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, 320; Williams, S.A. (1978), Khinite, parakhinite, and dugganite, three new tellurates from Tombstone, AZ, Am.Min.: 63: 1016-1019.; American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 648–652, 2009
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Parakhinite 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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