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Adamite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

This find a few years ago was the discovery of a new variety of adamite, included by rare earth elements!Cesium,cerium and dysprosium have been found in analysis with copper to give the impressive color!This piece has smithsonite and adamite included by all those and showing superb luster nd colors!Please check the close up photo to see the translucency and form of the aggregates!The pieces are getting less and less and this is a very aesthetic miniature with no 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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