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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Xonotlite
Formula:Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs with an assemblage of retrograde metamorphic minerals including tobermorite, apachite & gilalite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Apachite
Gilalite
Tobermorite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Stringhamiteⓘ16 photos of Xonotlite associated with Stringhamite at this locality.
Tobermoriteⓘ4 photos of Xonotlite associated with Tobermorite at this locality.
Andraditeⓘ3 photos of Xonotlite associated with Andradite at this locality.
Ruiziteⓘ2 photos of Xonotlite associated with Ruizite at this locality.
Kinoiteⓘ2 photos of Xonotlite associated with Kinoite at this locality.
Grossularⓘ1 photo of Xonotlite associated with Grossular at this locality.
Hematiteⓘ1 photo of Xonotlite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)ⓘ1 photo of Xonotlite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Xonotlite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130533
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130533:3
GUID (UUID V4):e5a0511f-577b-4cd2-923f-a6a46be9a6bd
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicatefrom Christmas,Arizona SIoNBvA. WIt-ltnus Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona 85607 Abstract...Abstract Arizona,whereit is alteredtactitezoneat Christmas, Junitoiteoccursin the retrogressively is closelytied...include apophyllite, a smectite,calcite, and xonotlite. Junitoite usually occurs along fractureswhere...the open pit of the Christmas mine, a porphyry copper deposit in Gila County, Arizona. After the initial...markedly from the usual tactites occurring at Christmas,however, for they have suffered very strong retrograde
Journal (issue)
minerant.org/ Titelpagina Stibnietkristallen van Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co...worden specimens van xonotliet van de Christmas Mine, Arizona, USA, aangeboden. Meer details hierover vind...Pierrepont - Power's Farm, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA 106-107 La buergerite 108-114 Apatite, Hunza Valley...of St. Law MINERALIENFREUND 47(2), 05.09 rence County, New York - Part 3 : Oxbow road cut 264-275 The...minerals of the Wicklow lead mines 34-42 Abbeytown mine and quarry, Ballysadare, Co. Sligo 43-47 Review
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 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
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
Report (issue)
» 90± Z = [4] X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 13.4 (100), 7.786 (50), 4.790 (40), 3...Total 98.9 100.00 44.97 14.26 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; average of two closely agreeing analyses...cracks or interstices in diopside grains (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Association: Kinoite, apachite, stringhamite...clinohedrite, xonotlite, diopside, apophyllite, calcite, tobermorite (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Distribution:...Distribution: From the Christmas copper mine, Gila Co., and the Lonestar [ckname??] deposit, near Sa®ord, Graham
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 © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\·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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and gilalite, two new copper silicates from Christmas, Arizona F. P. CESBRON Laboratoire de Minrralogie-Cristallographie...France AND S. A. WILLIAMS BOX 872, Douglas, Arizona 856o7, USA SUMMARY. Both new species are retrograde...that occur in tactites at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona (USA). Gilalite is green, H = 2, D...Cu95iloO29" IIH20. Occurrence. The Christmas mine in Gila County, Arizona, is a porphyry copper deposit producing...a retrograde or mesogene assemblage including xonotlite, apophyllite, calcite, and tobermorite. This suite
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 © 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. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Report (issue)
90:42± Z = [2] X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 12.89 (100), 3.168 (70), 7.663 (50), 10...Total 102.0 100.00 47.26 13.08 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; average of two analyses; after recalculation...clinohedrite, xonotlite, apophyllite, calcite, tobermorite. Distribution: Name: In the Christmas copper mine...mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. For the Apache Indians who inhabit the region in Arizona, USA, where it...occurs. Type Material: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; The Natural History Museum, London
Report (issue)
= 8.561(6) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 3.528 (100), 2.816 (100), 2.540 (100)...59 15.71 5.05 Total 97.1 100.00 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA. (2) CaZn2 Si2 O7 ² H2 O: Occurrence: In...calcite, xonotlite, smectite. In the USA, from the Christmas copper mine, Gila Co., Arizona. Name: For...Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Type Material: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Harvard University,...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 136688; University of Paris, Paris; National School
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acid, will destroy the crystals. Kinoite from Arizona is related to late-stage retrograde hydrothermal...and xonotlite (Cesbron and Williams 1980). Samples from both the Laurium mine and the Christmas mine...composition and show only minor substitutions. Christmas mine kinoite contains slightly elevated FeO (0.288–0...CALUMET, MICHIGAN, AND THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS OF ARIZONA. S. L. Hanson1, A. U. Falster2, W. B. Simmons2...from the northern Santa Rita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona (Anthony and Laughon 1977). The second reported
Book (edition)
0.C D.?~•.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Christmas, Arizona S. A. WILLIAMSAND M. DUGGAN Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona, U.S...calc-silicate assemblage at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona. Occurs with kinoite, apophyllite...Mammoth, Arizona. D u RI YG the course of investigation ofjunitoite at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona...Better samples were quickly found by Dave Cook, the mine geologist. Since subsequent study showed it to be...in the mineralogy of the Christmas mine. Ruizite is a b u n d a n t at the mine. Type specimens will be
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Book
History Museum specimen is from Terlingua, Texas, USA, and was used for the determination of the mineral's...description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM...00135 Green River Fonnation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA A. Pabst, P.A. Estep, E.J. Dwornik, R.B. Finkelman... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA ABSTRACT.Junitoite, C a Z n 2 S i 2 0 7 - H 2 0...(1976) in material from the Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona. The Christmas Mine is a porphyry copper deposit...smectite, calcite, and xonotlite. The junitoite used in this study was from Christmas Mine material provided
Report (issue)
Xonotlite Ca6 Si6 O17 (OH)2 ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...localities. At Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico. In the USA, at Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia; from Franklin...Crestmore, Riverside Co., California; and at Christmas, Gila Co., Arizona. In Canada, at Point Shivery, Bay of...Prefecture; Kaisuka, Chiba Prefecture; and in the Mihara mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. From the Wessels and
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — 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 (article/letter/editorial)
the fluorescent minerals. At no other mine or min­ ing district will so many different fluorescent mineral...235 extensive region in the northern part of the mine. In the northern part, there existed also an extended...supply of common and rare minerals to collectors. Mine superintendents devel­ oped a fine eye for the rare...Minerals of Franklin Franklin is found in Sussex County in the northwestern part of New Jersey. Sterling...mined since the last century. In the course of mining these ores a steady stream of minerals has been
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
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...£15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
surveys have indicated the following: U.S. lead mining is severely depressed. AMAX/Homestake shut down...galena mine at Boss, Missouri. Lead prices are generally about $.44/ kilogram. Similarly, iron mining is...Minorca mine in Minnesota's Mesabi range had an early shutdown before the winter season. Erie mining and...and Reserve mining both reduced their production and seasonally shut down by Christmas, as well. Gold Fields...Fields mining announced the discovery of the new Chimney Creek gold deposit in Humboldt County, Nevada
Catalog/List
1-2'x1tx1t", £2.75p ~. i" ~'<~'ONITE. Laurium, Attica district, Greece. Fine turqucise-blue fibrous mass with...7x~x2~", £16.50p ~~:-face B. NATiVE ARSENI-. Kusa Mine, near 8au, Sarawak, 80rneo. Specimen A: Choice greyish... 2 11. AURICHALCITE. 79 I~ine, H",yden, Gila CD., Arizona, U.S.A. Specimen A: Very choice bright turquoise... ~x2~-x1-t", £8.00 15. BARYTES. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfrip.s, Scotland. Lustrous creamy-white...association. 2}x2x1-t", £4.50p 20. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Small sharp tarnished crystals
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 [•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)
crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the N’Chwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...(2012–2016) Mathew Singleton & Sue Wearden (2016) Arizona Mineral Minions (2016) James & Charelle Webb (2012–2016)...FineMineral.com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany...and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco
 
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