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Aluminium Adamite

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Aluminium Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Description

Very fine turquoise blue lustrus adamite (Al) spheres on carbonate rock matrix.The white mineral present as crust is unknown to me.Not easy to find nowdays comes out mostly from collections.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aluminium

Formula: 
Al
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Billeekh Intrusion, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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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