Kinoite with GILALITE on Apophyllite - image 1
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Kinoite with GILALITE on Apophyllite

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At small cabinet specimen in size this older specimen from Christmas mine in Gila County, Arizona presents two of the rarities for which this mine is considered the world's best occurrence: Kinoite and Gilaite. Small colourless cubic Apophyllite Group crystals coat the cream coloured matrix with sparse, but prominent deep blue spherical and bladed crystals of Kinoite and rare tiny green patches of Gilaite, a rare copper silicate which was first described from the Christmas mine in 1980 and which has not been found in many other world localities since. Ex David Hardman Collection.

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SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.5 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm
Added on12/17/2025
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Unknown Owner
Acquired 07/2026·Paid $100.00
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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Crystal ClassicsNot disclosed

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Christmas Mine
A collector's guide to Christmas Mine, USA: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 45 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.