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Cuprian Adamite

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Cuprian Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

Ve4ry small but very attractive bright green rouned crystals of cuprian adamite that have formed on a dark limonite gossan. These are best seen under magnification as they are quite difficult to see them without.

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
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