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Cuprian Adamite With Ferrilotharmeyerite

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Cuprian Adamite With Ferrilotharmeyerite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 1 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Two tone green/yellow Cuprian adamite common in the third oxidation zone with minor ferrilotharmeyerite and possible chenevixite. Tsumeb is the type locality for ferrilotharmeyerite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprian Adamite

Variety Of: 

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
3.5
Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)2AsO4OH
Hardness: 
0.0

Ferrilotharmeyerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2(OH,H2O)
Strunz: 
8.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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