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Calcite with Adamite var. Cuprian Adamite from Mapimi District, Durango, Mexico

 
Calcite with Adamite var. Cuprian Adamite from Mapimi District, Durango, Mexico

Calcite with Adamite var. Cuprian Adamite from Mapimi District, Durango, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 42781
Mineral:Calcite with Adamite var. Cuprian Adamite
Locality:Mapimi District, Durango, Mexico
Description:Several cavities in brown limonite gossan lined with bright blue-green copper-rich adamite crystals (commonly labeled as Cuproadamite or Cuprian Adamite) up to 0.3 mm with three larger colorless translucent complex calcite crystals up to 9 mm long.
Overall Size:5x4x3 cm
Crystals:0.1-9.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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