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- Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- CaZn2Si2O7·H2O
- Size
- SmCabinet 6.5x4x4cm
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This is a first-class, exceptional Junitoite specimen with incredible colorless and lilac colored plates, free-standing onside to 4-5mm. the coverage is also exceptional with minor KInoite. There are several crystals which show good form and terminations.
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- Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- CaZn2Si2O7·H2O
- Size
- SmCabinet 6.5x4x3cm
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Another superb specimen of Junitoite with colorless and lilac colored blades of Junitoite to 8mm.
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- Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- CaZn2Si2O7·H2O
- Size
- SmCabinet 8x5x2cm
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Superb Junitoite specimen rich in colorless plates to 9mm and colored lilac by smectite.
Junitoite is a rare calcium zinc silicate found in only two world localities. The other locality is Franklin. Christmas mine is the type locality.
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- Sold
- Locality
- Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- CaZn2Si2O7·H2O
- Size
- SmCabinet 6.5x3.5x3.5cm
- Special Info
- Type Locality
A colorful and fantastic specimen with colorless plates of Junitoite crytsals to 6mm colored lilac by smectite clay. Christmas is the type locality.
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- Sold
- Locality
- Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- CaZn2Si2O7·H2O
- Size
- Miniature 4x4.5x2cm
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- Type Locality
Colorless platy, very rare, Junitoite crystals to 7mm. The purple is a clay. Minor Ruizite and Kinoite.
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- Linka mine, Lander Co., Nevada, United States
- Formula
- Cu2Pb3Bi8S16
- Size
- SmCabinet 5.5x3.5x2.5cm
- Tagged
- sulfide , copper
Excellent specimen for this rare copper-lead-bismuth sulfide shown here as metallic, silvery grains to 3mm. The Junoite at Linka, is most likely the mineral which altered to all of the exotic bismuth secondary minerals. A halo of green Bismutite can be seen around the Junoite.
The identification of Junoite is based upon Brent Thorne's photo on Mindat. Brent is one of the best mineralogist I know.
Also on this specimen is orange Clinobisvanite with good micro crystals and powdery coatings of Pottsite. The Linka mine is type locality for Pottsite.
