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Cuprian Adamite

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Cuprian Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.3 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.35cm
Description

A specimen of intense olivegreen cuprian adamite crystals on matrix.

Ex Grosch collection, Germany

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