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Stringhamite & Whelanite

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Stringhamite & Whelanite

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Description
Locality: 
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Blue to purplish blue stringhamite crystals, clusters and crystalline masses associated with light blue acicular crystals and fibrous masses of whelanite and white acicular crystals of xonotlite on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stringhamite

Formula: 
CaCu(SiO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bawana Mine (Old Hickory mine), Rocky District, Rocky Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Whelanite

Formula: 
Cu2+2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)2
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Bawana Mine (Old Hickory mine), Rocky District, Rocky Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA
Cartils Minerals

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