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Christmas Mine & Merry Christmas!

Friday, 17 December 2021 06:00 PM

Introducing the "Christmas Mine & Merry Christmas!" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including dioptase, junitoite, kinoite and more from places like Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States.

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Dioptase

#57234

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Locality: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
Formula: CuSiO₃·H₂O
Availability: Sold
Size: 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm - Miniature
Tagged: copper

Green, glassy, tiny prismatic crystals. Very nice little miniature specimen.

Merry Christmas!

Dioptase

Formula: CuSiO₃·H₂O
Crystal System: Trigonal
Crystal Habit: Massive, Cryptocrystalline, Crystalline - Coarse
Cleavage: Good, None, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: dark blue green, emerald green, turquoise
Streak: green
Class: Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Fracture: Conchoidal
Hardness: 5

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Dioptase

#57254

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Locality: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
Formula: CuSiO₃·H₂O
Availability: Sold
Size: 10 x 10 x 4 cm - Cabinet
Tagged: copper

Bright green, glassy, acicular crystals to 0.75mm in clusters to 3mm wide. Note that the green crystals of Dioptase in the photos are much much better in-hand. The actual color is a stunning bright emerald green.

Merry Christmas!

Dioptase

Formula: CuSiO₃·H₂O
Crystal System: Trigonal
Crystal Habit: Massive, Cryptocrystalline, Crystalline - Coarse
Cleavage: Good, None, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: dark blue green, emerald green, turquoise
Streak: green
Class: Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Fracture: Conchoidal
Hardness: 5

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Junitoite

with Fluorapophyllite-(K) - #57226

$95.00 - Available
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Locality: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
Formula: CaZn₂Si₂O₇·H₂O
Availability: Available
Price: $95.00
Size: 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm - Miniature
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Groups of colorless Junitoite to 5mm. One of the groups, as seen in the photos, shows excellent free-standing crystals. Excellent specimen with a little Kinoite also. Juntoite is a very rare mineral first found at the Christmas mine and has only at one other locality in world, which is Franklin, NJ.

Merry Christmas!

Junitoite

Formula: CaZn₂Si₂O₇·H₂O
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Cleavage: Good, None, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: colorless, white
Streak: white
Class: Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Fracture: Brittle
Hardness: 4.5

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Kinoite

with Ruizite & Cuprite - #57214

$50.00 - Available
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Locality: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States
Formula: Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O
Availability: Available
Price: $50.00
Size: 9 x 8.5 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: copper

Pink Ruizite mostly covered with a layer of clear Apophyllite with Blue Kinoite, also covered with Apophyllite. There are a few octahedral Cuprite crystals to about 0.4mm.

Merry Christmas!