Stringhamite, Tobermorite, Grossular

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Locality: Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Clusters of stringhamite on tobermorite fibers within a fracture cutting grossular-rich skarn. Each cluster is about 0.5 mm across.

This Photo was Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 25th Jul 2006

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Photo added: 19th Feb 2006

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