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Spangolite

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Spangolite holotype, 5 cm (individual crystals up to 5 mm); originally from a collector living near Tombstone in 1889, who did not know the locality, but it is most certainly from Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona (ypm min. 033482). Donor: Norman Spang (1843–1922); William K. Sacco photo.

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SpeciesSpangolite
SizeMuseum
Dimensions500.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, Arizona, Bisbee
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 432
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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—a collector living near Tombstone in 1889Not disclosed

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Bisbee
Bisbee, USA: a historic copper-ore district famed for blue-green malachite, azurite roses, cuprite, native copper, and sculptural copper-carbonate forms.