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Cuprian Adamite & Wulfenite

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Cuprian Adamite & Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 7.9 × 4.2 cm
Description

This is a fantastic, colourful specimen in excellent shape. The intense mint-green and well developed crystals of cuproadamite are perfectly associated with yellow-brown blades of wulfenite, which are partially transparent. The cuproadamite is sharp edged as well and all in all the specimen is in splendid condition. A fantastic oldtimer from one of the worlds most famous localities.

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

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Wendel Minerals

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