Papagoite occurs in the form of thin veins, crusts, and as phantom and snowball inclusions in Quartz. It is a pure and vivid sky blue color. Named after the Papago Indian tribe, the early inhabitants of the area around Ajo, Arizona where it was discovered …
Papagoite is a rare cyclosilicate mineral. Chemically, Papagoite is a calcium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide, found as a secondary mineral on slip surfaces and in altered granodiorite veins, either in massive form or as microscopic crystals that may form spherical aggregates. Its chemical formula is …