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Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

From the famous find four years ago,here is a fine miniature of cuprian adamite clusters on contrasting matrix!The color is the most intense possible for the material,the groups are isolated and undamaged on the matrix and the luster is glass like!Please note that the largest crystal is 1.5 cm across!The material is over long ago and nothing similar has been found since then for this variety!

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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