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Whelanite from
Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Whelanite
Formula:Cu22+Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3 · 2H2O
Comments:Moderately abundant as cleavable prisms to several cm long.

The approved IMA new mineral proposal (IMA1977-006) specifies the Bawana mine as the type locality. The occurrence of the mineral at the Christmas mine is not mentioned in the proposal.
Habit:Prismatic
Colour:Turquoise-blue
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tobermoriteā“˜5 photos of Whelanite associated with Tobermorite at this locality.
Stringhamiteā“˜5 photos of Whelanite associated with Stringhamite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Whelanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:126665
Long-form Identifier:1:3:126665:8
GUID (UUID V4):7caca93e-8898-40c8-a3fe-73bf76f1150f
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2012 Whelanite, Cu2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)2, an (old) new mineral from the Bawana mine, Milford...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...Montana 59725, U.S.A. 1 Abstract The new mineral whelanite, Cu2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)2, was approved...diopsideā€“garnetā€“magnetite skarn at the Bawana mine, Beaver County, Utah, and has also been confirmed to occur...occur at other localities. At the Bawana mine, it is found as irregular clusters and radial aggregates
Report (issue)
Cu2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)2 Whelanite Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group: mm2. As irregular...Powder Pattern: Bawana mine, Rocky mining district, Beaver County, Utah, USA. 3.013 (100), 6.79 (52)...7.41 100.00 (1) Bawana mine, Rocky mining district, Beaver County, Utah, USA; electron microprobe analysis...goethite, magnetite, tenorite, chrysocolla (Bawana mine); gilalite, ruizite, stringhamite, tobermorite,... chalcopyrite, quartz, wollastonite (Christmans mine); apophyllite, lepidocrocite, stringhamite, thaumasite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicate, originally discovered at the Bawana mine, Beaver County, Utah (Hindman 1976). Its structure was determined...determined on crystalsfrom the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona (Hawthorne 1985). The monoclinic... modij2d by (010) and { I l l } . At the Bawana mine, stringhamite occurs with thaumasite on fractures...diopside-magnetite skarn. At the Christmas mine, it is found with wollastonite and whelanite. BRONSON F. STRINGHAM...doing geological field work in the West Tintic district, west of Eureka, Utah. In 1941, he was awarded
Book (edition)
found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from...the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu Ā© 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\Ā·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mineralsā€”Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA ā€¢ Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA COPPER Featured at the 1997 Tucson Show Downloaded by [California Institute of Technology] at...Valley, Arizona 85737 TERRY C. WALLACE Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721...into the ā€œage of electricity,ā€ and the copper of Arizona was essential to the new industrialization. Copper...squarely at the center of power and politics in Arizona for the first thirty years of this century. Arizonaā€™s...including The Mineralogy of Arizona (third edition, University of Arizona Press, 1995). His last article
Journal (issue)
M. Pryce and J. Chester The Amity Area, Orange County, New Y o rk ............................... 85...Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .......................99 Richard V. Gaines Response: Mining Claims for the C o lle c to r....................length, collected in the Mindola open pit, Rokana mine, Zambia, by S. P. Korowski. The Mineralogical Record...miner at the 115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August, about five
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE ā€” RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson........................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ....................................
Journal (issue)
Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ..............................................
Catalog/List
price paid for the mineral(s). CTINCX..ITE: M179. Mine Mompti, Spain; (a) rich vuggy intergrown prisms...an rock; 1.5-3 cm-$1.50 NHYDRITE: M204. Campiano Mine, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy; good for species; pale...AURICHALCITE: M146. Uncle Sam [ā€¢line, Bisbee, Arizona; ( a) 3 showy rounded pseudcr:iorphs a fter Azurite...shaped rock; 6xS.3x3-S12.50 -~ AUTUNITE:M95. Oaybreak Mine, Spokane, Washington; (a) 5 xls & groups, 1-1 .8...6x1 .5-$20.00 AZURITE:M37. United Verde Mine, Jerome, Arizona; (a) lustrous ball af intergrcwn xls; 1
Journal (issue)
maand worden specimens van curetoniet uit Nevada, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vind je elders...'Garnets' 11-55 The Panasqueira mines, Castelo Branco District, Portugal 61-83 The opening of the MIM mineral...126 Zincite from the Buckweat mine 126-127 Brucite from Wood's Chrome mine 127-128 Scheelite and kƫsterite...mooi fluorescerend specimen bij uit Tombstone, Arizona, USA. De specimens bevatten als fluorescerende mineralen:...groeve (zo'n 7.5 km ten NW van Milford, Beaver County, Utah) een onbekend mineraal gevonden werd. Uiteraard
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Subscriptions $23 per year, $43 for two years...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85704 602-297-6709 Editing, advertising Wendell...Cassedanne Mammothite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, and Laurium, Greece ............................702-883-2598 Special second class postage Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address
Catalog/List
Ā·Minerals (602) 962-64:81$ 1727 W. DRAKE CIRCLE, MESA, ARIZONA 85202 (U.S.A) .. ---- . SPECIMEN PRICE LIST ---...LOCATIOHS: If no state is listed, it is fr011 Arizona. As a general rule, locations will be given 111...aupplied. Usually; the ā– ine ~e ā– ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speciā– ens. PRIES:...Champion Mine Utah Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants..."Roses11 Hartse! !,CO Juanita Hi,NH Mexico Weldon Mine Norman, OK BARYIOCACIIE Hasive xln with Hausmanite
Journal (issue)
May-June 1980 ARIZONA! Articles The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Yuma County, Arizona by D. M. Shannon...Famous mineral localities: the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona........................................G. M. Edson Famous mineral localities: Tiger, Arizona ................... by R. A. Bideaux 135 141...The Mineralogical Record P. 0. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 Departments Notes from the Editor .. Whatā€™s...16-bus 1 B-2120 Schoten ARIZONA-1 COVER: WULFENITE from the Red Cloud mine (see p. 141). This crystal
Journal (issue)
Names-Lost Stories by Nathaniel Edwards 18 HISTORIC MINING CERTIFICATES The Sutro Tunnel Company by Richard...earlier subĀ­ scribers. For example, we don't publish mining history articles unless a mineralogical connection...his own mania for collecting and his success as a mining engineer. For over half a century, until his death...conĀ­ sists of a piece of chalcedony from Mariposa County, Nevada, showing the profile of Voltaire. In Weidhaas"s...suburban areas around the United States, the Dauphin County community was powerless to stop the onslaught of
Book
GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEEā€¢] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: the Taewha mine, Korea ...........................................COVER: WULFENITE with mimetite from the San Francisco mine near Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. The large crystal...the production of our future special issue on Arizona localities. In particular I want to thank the Tucson...NJ) Scott Fadrowski and Bob Thompson, Renowned Mining (Socorro, NM) Benny Fenn (Colonia Juarez, Mex.)...(Columbus, OH) Reo N. Pickens (Waukegan. IL) Plumbago Mining, Ann and Dean McCnllis (Rumford. ME) Frederick
Journal (issue)
locality. Pyromorphite from on old localityā€”rhe Sherman mine, Burke, Idaho. A small lot of miniatures and hondsize...specimensā€” $15 to $500. Liebigite from rhe SchwarTzwalder mine, Golden, Colorado. Well-formed, bright yellow-green...Woo Feature articles Libethenite from the Rokana Mine, Zambia...........................................Korowski and C. W. Notebart Quartz & Pyrite from King County, Washington......................................Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey 385 by F. J. Parker Tveitite from the Barringer Hill District, Texas
Book (edition)
MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...province prefecture county departement departamento district municipio Saint
Journal (issue)
people: COVER: AURICHALCITE from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. Photo (first place winner in Tucson...slides) 4. Shadow boxes (for display of minerals or mining memorabilia) 5. Three-hour photochemical light...Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36830 o other district of similar size in the western hemiĀ­ sphere has...Chanarcillo1 and to present pertinent facts about the district and its minerals, particularly those that the...Chariarcillo in December, 1976. LOCATION The Chanarcillo district is located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile
Journal (issue)
Inesite, a new U.S. occurrence near Creede, Mineral County, C o lo ra d o ..................................austinite, and plumbian conichalcite from La Plata County, Colorado ....................................... 38 by R. Cobban Metamict minerals at the Bemco mine near Cranberry Lake, New Jersey ..................The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...RECORD MOVES TO TUCSON! Tucson, Arizona, a major western focal point for mining and mineral collecting activity
Book (volume)
Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...abbreviations are used in this chapter: Mt. mountain Co. county IR infrared D density Dmeas measured density Dcalc...Locality: Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA. Description: Colourless crystal from the association...Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (type locality). Description: Pink massive aggregate...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:
Book
41)(Si3.86Al0.10 Fe0.04O10)(OH)2 from Mikhailovskii mine, Zheleznogorsk, Russia (Chukanov 2014a). IR spectra...In Fe3+-bearing Mg-poor schorl from the Limoeiro mine, Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the band of OH groups...area), olmiite CaMn(HSiO4)(OH) from Nā€™Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese ļ¬elds, South Africa (c), and...Ca3(H2Si3O10) from Russian River basin, California, USA (d). The spectra were obtained by N.V. Chukanov....brandtite Ca2Mn(AsO4)2Ā·2H2O from skarn (Harstigen mine, Sweden) (b), and roselite Ca2Co(AsO4)2Ā·2H2O from
 
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