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Adamite On Calcite

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Adamite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Superb aesthetics on this great piece of contrsting vivid green adamite rich in copper on brown calcite!The calcite is skeletal and has superb luster and unusually good color!Please note this is a combination of colors we don't see normally!The adamite clusters are very lustrous as well and gemmy!The piece is undamaged and trimmed out a bigger piece!

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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