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Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Here is a very unusual and bizarre adamite specimen. The piece consists entirely of adamite with gemmy, greenish, lustrous crystals packed together to form a crust. The back of the piece has a very unusual texture and seems to have come off a very brittle matrix.

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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