Kinoite (rare and fine)

Item Description

A fantastic small cabinet sized display specimen is loaded with micro crystals of the rare hydrated calcium copper silicate, Kinoite from the famous Christmas Mine in Arizona. Although the best known examples of Kinoite come from this locality, most people don't realize that the type locality is actually further south in Pima County. This piece has fantastic rich blue color, and almost a full coverage of Kinoite crystals, which are associated with colorless Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) or possibly Fluorapophyllite-(K). The species gets its name from the Italian Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711). You can actually see a statue of him along the Kino Parkway in Tucson. We had a retail price of $900 on this one. Originally part of the Harold Urish collection. From the collection of Vasco Trancoso, a medical doctor and prominent mineral collector from near Lisbon, Portugal (https://www.mindat.org/user-11954.html). He assembled his mineral collection over the course of 60 years, and built a fine worldwide display collection that we recently purchased. This piece is pictured on mindat.org at https://www.mindat.org/photo-183621.html