Junitoite And Apachite Natural Minerals From Christmas Mine Christmas area banner district/dripping spring Mts gila Co Arizona USA
Size-
3.6cm x 4.3cm x 1.7cm
Weight-
42g
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Junitoite and apachite are two exceedingly rare minerals. Both form in identical geological environments but possess distinct structural chemical and physical properties.
Junitoite:
Crystal system - Orthorhombic
Mineral class- silicate
Rock formation- formed via retrograde metamorphism and oxidation of tactites (skarn rocks). It specifically develops in fractures through pods of sphalerite ore.
Hardness- 4.5 on the MOHs scale
Apachite:
Crystal system- Monoclinic
Mineral class - silicate
Rock formation- formed in a retrograde metamorphic environment. It occurs as replacements and fractures cutting through calc-silicate garnet diopside skarns (tactites)
Because they form under similar highly specific retrograde metamorphic and hydrothermal alteration conditions,Junitoite and Apachite are frequently found growing together.
