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CHEMISTRY - Cu₅Si₆O₁₇^.7H₂O

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY - Monoclinic

CRYSTAL GROWTH AND HABITS - As small radially fibrous spheres

COLOR AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES - Green to pale bluish green; transparent to translucent.

HARDNESS - 2

SPECIFIC GRAVITY - 2.5 - 2.7

LUSTER - Sub vitreous

STREAK - White

OCCURRENCE - Found in moderately metamorphosed copper bearing sulfide deposits.

ASSOCIATED MINERALS - Kinoite, Apachite, Calcite

MINERAL NAME - Named after it occurrence in Gila County, Arizona