Kinoite is named after Father Kino, a Jesuit missionary with an interesting history centered around the native people of Sonora, Mexico. It is a shockingly blue mineral and a silicate (or sorosilicate). It is interesting to me that it appears to occur from only one locality outside of the U.S. (in Japan). Some of the best specimens ever found come from this locality, the Christmas Mine in Arizona. This sample is full of terminated crystals to about 1 mm. With a loop or under the scope, some of the isolated ones are very photogenic. The piece measures 2.3 x 2.4 x 2 cm. The blue color is from the copper component of kinoite, and it is much deeper blue in person.