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Cuprian Adamite & Aluminium Adamite

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Cuprian Adamite & Aluminium Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

This is one of the most interesting adamite specimens i have seen from Lavrion.There are green (cuprian adamite),pale blue (aluminum adamite) and transperent adamite crystals spread on both sides of the specimen! Old time specimen from Hilarion mine No 50.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprian Adamite

Variety Of: 

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
3.5
Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)2AsO4OH
Hardness: 
0.0

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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