Purply coloured adamite due to the cobalt substitution
White prismatic crystals with purple tips to 1.2 cm. Ex. DeVito collection
Ex. DeVito collection
Origin: Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm with 5 mm crystals (top/2nd row), 6 x 5 x 3 cm (3rd
row), 8 x 5 x 5 cm (bottom)
Green coloured adamite (cuprian) associated with cuprian
austinite
Large light bluish green spherical cuprian adamite crystal aggregates to 1 cm
Large spherical crystal aggregate to 1.9 cm across
Darker green cuprian adamite crystal aggregates to 2 mm across in limonitic,
spongy matrix.
Origin: Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9 x 5 x 3 cm, 1 mm radial crystals (top), 5 x 3 x 3.5 cm (2nd
row), 5 x 3 x 4 cm (3rd row), 7 x 5 x3 cm (bottom)
Cuprian adamite
Origin: Mina Ojuela, Durango, Mexico
Sample size: 0.75 cm zoned crystals
Manganoan adamite
Origin: Mina Ojuela, Durango, Mexico
Sample size: about 2 cm
Origin: San Rafael mine, Nye Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm, clear micro crystals with bluish tinge
probably due to blue
hemimorphite.
Cuprian adamite
Origin: Christiana mne, Agios Constantinos, Laurion, Greece
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm
Grass green, glassy micro crystals of cuprian adamite with a little darker
green micro
bayldonite. Both are less than 0.1 mm.
Light bluish green bow-tie aggregates of prismatic crystals to 1 mm spread
across matrix and associated with gray micro
chlorargyrite crystals and tiny, bright green
duftite
crystals to less than 0.1 mm. Ex. Eaton collection
Grass green crystals to 1 mm with gray
chlorargyrite crystals to less than 0.3 mm and
duftite
(bright green)to less than 0.1mm. Ex. Eaton collection
Origin: Silver Coin mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States
Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm (top), 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm (2nd row), 2 x 3 x 2.5 cm
(bottom)
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