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Cryptomelane from
Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Cryptomelane
Formula:K(Mn74+Mn3+)O16
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Manjiroite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cryptomelane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4112
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4112:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cryptomelane
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘTombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘSan Diego Mine, Tombstone Extension Mines, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘGallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corp Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘManila Mine, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘNo. 4 claim, Escabrosa Ridge, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
67.8km (42.1 miles) ⓘSalvador Mine (Salvadore Mine; San Salvador Mine), Hermosa group, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
68.1km (42.3 miles) ⓘStella Blue Mine (Patagonia Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
83.5km (51.9 miles) ⓘGlove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Richmond, Wallace E., Fleischer, Michael (1942) Cryptomelane, a new name for the commonest of the "psilomelane" minerals. American Mineralogist, 27 (9) 607-610
 
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