AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Greece > Adamite var. Cuproadamite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 53112 |
Mineral: | Adamite var. Cuproadamite |
Locality: | Lavrion (Laurium) Mining District, Attica Peninsula, Greece |
Description: | Prismatic lustrous transparent green adamite crystals in fan-shaped formation in brown limonite gossan. The green color is due to copper impurities in the adamite often labeled with the obsolete name of cuproadamite or cuprian adamite. |
Overall Size: | 34x22x16 mm |
Crystals: | 1-3 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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