Mindat.org
Mindat.org is a non-commercial online database, claiming to be the largest mineral database and mineralogy, mineralogical reference website on the Internet. It is used by professional mineralogists, geologists, and amateur mineral collecting, mi ...
vitreous
Vitreous may refer to:
Materials
* Glass, an amorphous solid material
** Vitreous enamel, a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing
* Vitreous lustre, a glassy luster or sheen on a mineral surface
Biology
* Vitreous body, ...
Christmas Mine
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Christmas, Arizona
Christmas is an uninhabited mining community in Gila County, Arizona, Gila County, Arizona, United States. The mine which led to creation of the town was Land claim#Staking a claim, staked on Christmas Day 1902, prompting the name. During the thr ...
and a few other copper mines. Kinoite is popular with
mineral collector
Mineral collecting is the hobby of systematically collecting, identifying and displaying mineral specimens. Mineral collecting can also be a part of the profession of mineralogy and allied geologic specialties. Individual collectors often sp ...
s. Kinoite was named upon its discovery in 1970 after the pioneer Jesuit missionary Padre
Eusebio Kino
Eusebio Francisco Kino ( it, Eusebio Francesco Chini, es, Eusebio Francisco Kino; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was a Tyrolean Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer and astronomer born i ...
who worked in Arizona, Sonora and Baja California.