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Cuprian Adamite & Malachite Psm Cuprite

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Cuprian Adamite & Malachite Psm Cuprite

ex coll. Kles
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 9 × 9 cm
Description

Nice crystals of grass green malachite pseudomorph after cuprite, combined with dark green, transparent, lustrous cuprian adamite crystal aggregates on limonite matrix.

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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