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| Type Locality: | Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA is the type locality for Gilalite |
| Comments: | Occurs as abundant coatings or thick botryoidal crusts on fracture surfaces or embedded in the rock; replacing diopside; as micro green spheres. |
| Colour: | Green to blue-green |
| Quality of samples: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Rarity at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| References: | Cesbron, F.P. & S.A. Williams (1980), Apachite and gilalite, two new copper silicates from Christmas, AZ, Min.Mag.: 43: 639-641; Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 231, 428. |
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| Associates: | Apachite
Tobermorite
Xonotlite
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| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gilalite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA |
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