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Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 4 cm
Description

Lavrion has produced many styles of adamite and this tone of cuprian adamite has always been the most valuable for the collectors!The piece comes from a small find of adamite spheres on marble.The color and clarity of the sphere is the highest on this one and the luster is also maximum!This tone is difficult to find in any species and adamite is usually lighter.It can be more vivid than in this one!The margin is contacted but there is no serious damage.

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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