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Whelanite & Xonotlite

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Whelanite & Xonotlite

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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 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Colorless xonotlite and pale blue, acicular whelanite crystals on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Xonotlite

Formula: 
Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DG.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico

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