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Adamite & Calcite

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Adamite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attica, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Aggregates of neon green Cu adamite crystals nicely contrasting on snow white calcite.Colorful specimen of nice display from an old Lavrion collection.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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