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Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

A lovely classic Ojuela Mine example of hundreds of lustrous, golden adamite crystals on a brown limonite matrix. 

There are two generation of adamite crystals present - a first generation of larger crystals forming clusters and fans of often double-terminated crystals and a second generation of smaller brighter crystals.

A very rich example of the species from this famous locality. C

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

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