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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 42785
Mineral:Adamite var. Cuprian Adamite with Calcite
Locality:Mapimi District, Durango, Mexico
Description:Shallow cavity in brown limonite gossan lined with transparent green copper-rich adamite crystals, commonly mislabeled as the obsolete species names Cuproadamite or Cuprian Adamite, with colorless transparent scalenohedral calcite crystals up to 8 mm.
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:0.1-8.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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