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Adamite On Willemite

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Adamite On Willemite

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Description
Locality: 
Beltana, Leigh Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 5 × 1.9 cm
Description

Collected in 1984, a very rich plate of glassy clear adamite crystals almost completely covering the main face of this specimen; willemite ore from the EZ Beltana Mine at Leigh Creek. The area where this specimen was collected has been rehabiltated by Perilya Mining, the current lease holders of this zinc deposit

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

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
Earthstones Australia

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