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Adamite & Malachite

Martin Jensen collection
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Description
Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine, Eureka, Tintic, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a very rich thumbnail sample collected by Martin Jensen in 1992. A large quartz vug hosts dozens of cuprian-adamite crystals with small globular clusters of malachite. Very good sample of adamite from the locality. 

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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