The Mineralogical Record

Calcioaravaipaite, a new mineral, and associated lead fluoride minerals from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona.

The Mineralogical Record | July 1, 1996 | Copyright

The Grand Reef mine in southeastern Arizona, best known to collectors for superb crystals of linarite, is also the type locality for a unique suite of lead fluoride minerals. Grandreefite, pseudograndreefite, laurelite, aravaipaite, and artroeite have been found nowhere else; added to this group is calcioaravaipaite, described here for the first time.

INTRODUCTION

The Grand Reef mine is situated in Laurel Canyon, about 6 km northeast of Klondyke, in the Aravaipa mining district of Graham County, Arizona. Jones (1980) provided an overview of the history, geology and…

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