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Adamite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 4.6 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
26.70gr
Description

Light green Adamite crystals on limonitic matrix. Strong green fluorescence in UV SW and LW. Adamite is a classical fluorescent mineral since the discovery in 1946 of large esthetical fluorescent samples in the Ojuela Mine (Mexico).Most Common Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impurities

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

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