Mineral Specimens with Kinoite

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D10-36 - Kinoite on Apophyllite - CAN$ 307
Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona
small cabinet, 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm

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An intensely colored plate of sugary, sparkling crystals of brilliant blue kinoite, on white apophyllite. Once common, good pieces, especially with this color saturation, are hard to find on the market today.

MD-120398 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 8.4 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm.

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Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) from Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-120398a.jpg]

Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) from Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-120398a.jpg]

8.4 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm. Kinoite is an ultra-rare copper silicate. The bright royal blue micro crystals to 2 mm are richly and aesthetically scattered in a vug on matrix lined with sparkly, colorless to light green apophyllite crystals. A very showy piece collected or donated to Harvard University by well-known pegmatite specialist and University of Oklahoma geology professor, David London, for whom londonite is named, and then acquired by George Feist.

MD-132170 - Kinoite - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 6.7 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm.

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Kinoite from Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-132170a.jpg]

Kinoite from Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-132170a.jpg]

6.7 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm. Any rich and colorful specimens of this rare copper mineral that you are likely to see on the market, and they are very rare, are probably from the same find in the 1960s, at the Christmas Mine - as this one is. Every now and then one or two turn up from an old collection. The last I saw of these in any quantity was a small batch a guy brought to a show a few years back that he had gotten from an old timer who collected them himself in the 60s. This has the typical deep sky-blue color with sparkle from the overlay of quartz microcrystals (also typical for these).

MD-181384 - Kinoite - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 5.9 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm.

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5.9 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm. The type locality for Kinoite is a drill hole from the Helvetia area of Arizona. However, the Christmas mine material made the mineral available to collectors. This is an especially rich and deep blue specimen of the mineral. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.

MD-207486 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 7.9 x 7.0 x 3.5 cm.

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7.9 x 7.0 x 3.5 cm. An especially rich and fine specimen of light and deep blue kinoite microcrystals with super banding. Also, it’s a relatively large piece for this style. This color is the best deep blue, and the kinoite is covered with gemmy, colorless apophyllite crystals. The matrix is massive wollastonite. Kinoite is a very rare calcium, copper silicate. Older material from a European collection.

MD-210751 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
large cabinet, 19.8 x 14.0 x 6.8 cm.

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19.8 x 14.0 x 6.8 cm. Kinoite, Ca2Cu2Si3O8(OH)4, is a very rare silicate best known to collectors in these specimens which were found at the Christmas Mine back in the 1960s. Kinoite forms microcrystals of an intense deep blue color associated with clear microcrystals of apophyllite (this association is typical for the Christmas Mine find). A very large and rich example of a mineral you just do not see around often at all. Ex. Mullane Collection.

MD-216513 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 6.8 x 5.4 x 1.8 cm.

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6.8 x 5.4 x 1.8 cm. Kinoite covered by tranparent crystals of apophyllite-(KF) as a sparkly druse on matrix. This is a gorgeous example, like blue sugar. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.

MD-227679 - Kinoite - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
miniature, 4.4 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm.

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4.4 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm. Vivid, sub-mm, azure-blue kinoite microcrystals are festooned on sparkling apophyllite-coated matrix on this showy, highly representative specimen of the species and famed locale. Ex. Mullane Collection.

MD-255030 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 7.8 x 6.0 x 4.1 cm.

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7.8 x 6.0 x 4.1 cm. Vivid, azure-blue kinoite microcrystals are festooned on sparkling apophyllite-coated matrix on this fine, highly representative specimen of the species and locale. Kinoite is a rare copper silicate and this is very rich specimen.

MD-270204 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 5.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm.

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5.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm. Vivid, azure-blue kinoite microcrystals are festooned on sparkling apophyllite-coated vuggy matrix on both sides of this fine, highly representative specimen of the species and famed locale. Kinoite is a rare copper silicate and this is very rich specimen. Older material from the 1950s to 1970s from the Dennis Mullane Collection.

MD-39980 - Kinoite - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 5.6 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm

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This is the deepest blue color I have yet seen in a crysatllized kinoite, ever. At first, I didn't even recognize it as such because of the deep azure tone whereas the material is normally a pastel hue. Like the above, it is a gorgeous specimen which looks like blue glitter was prinkled on the rock artifically, but it IS legit! For the color saturation and overall beauty, this is truly significant and rare. Also it has relatively large crystals for the species and locale, to about a mm.. 5.6 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm

MD-40032 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
cabinet, 14 x 10 x 2.9 cm

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This is the brightest, largest, richest plate of kinoite that I have seen in a long, long time. It is a gorgeous specimen which looks like blue glitter was prinkled on the rock artifically, but it IS legit! For the size, this is truly significant as most specimens are much smaller and good ones of any size uncommon today. 14 x 10 x 2.9 cm

MD-47194 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
thumbnail, 2.8 x 1.9 x 0.7 cm

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An EXCELLENT and beautiful crust of royal-blue, micro kinoite crystals sprinkled with tiny, sparkly, colorless apophyliite crystals on matrix from the famous Christmas Mine of Arizona. 2.8 x 1.9 x 0.7 cm

MD-49490 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
cabinet, 13.0 x 9.3 x 6.2cm

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The best kinoites came out for a short time in the 70s from this Arizona mine, and specimens show up only rarely on the market. This is a big, very rich one - with the kinoite crystals intermixed with little apophyllites, a common combination from this locality. The kinoites take the typical form of a druse of microcrystals - they are never large. the white xls are apophyllite, making for nice contrast. these are much prettier in person due to the amazing sparke and lively blue color that is hard to convey. 13.0 x 9.3 x 6.2cm

MD-59215 - Kinoite, Apophyllite-(KF) - - Archived
Christmas Mine (Red Bird shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry shafts), Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet, 6.9 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm

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An EXCELLENT and showy specimen richly covered with royal-blue, micro crystals of kinoite and sparkly, colorless, apophyllite crystals from the well-known Christmas Mine of Arizona. 6.9 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm

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