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Locality: Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

The "Phoenix" a 5x7 cm specimen. Repeated Spinel twinning gives the branches an hexagonal outline and each branch has different isometric forms in the termination. (Helen Tyson photo, ex RWMW collection, ROM collection)

This Photo was Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 13th Mar 2006

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Photo added: 10th Nov 2004

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