Home > American Minerals V – October 1 > MS1658 Stringhamite
Stringhamite - Sold
- Christmas mine
- Gila County
- Arizona
- U.S.A.
- 4.3 by 2.9 by 2.4 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Stringhamite is a hydrous calcium copper silicate. Hindman (1976) named the species after Profesor Bronson F. Stringham (1907-1968), former mineralogy professor at the University of Utah. While the type locality in Utah, this locality in Arizona has been a more prolific producer of stringhamite specimens.
On this skarn matrix, orbicular aggregates of stringhamite to 2 mm across formed in association with fibrous white xonotlite. Rare.
