Gilalite and Kinoite

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JW
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Gilalite and Kinoite

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Green spheres of gilalite and blue crystals of kinoite, both copper silicates, on copper-rich skarn matrix, the clear crystals are apophyllite. I collected this in the 1980's on a very hot day in a field of mine overburden consisting of very large, car-sized boulders, from the Christmas Mine, near Christmas, Gila County, Arizona, USA. Overall specimen is 6 cm across, macro images stacked with a WeMacro rail, MPE65 at 5x on my venerable Canon 50D, combined PMax and DMap in ZS with a bit of PS post-processing for color balance.

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