Junitoite on matrix

*from the Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona.
*30 x 20 x 18 mm overall.

Sub 1mm crystals in a vug. This rare zinc silicate (CaZn₂Si₂O₇ · H₂O ) is named in honor of Jun Ito, a mineralogist and crystallographer at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA.