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Adamite & Lotharmeyerite

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Adamite & Lotharmeyerite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small, very rich specimen with two vugs lined with lotharmeyerite crystals and an unknown black acicular mineral. There are also some nice Mn-bearing adamite crystals lining the pockets. A really nice piece! 

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

Lotharmeyerite

Formula: 
Ca(Zn,Mn3+)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O,OH)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico

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