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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 42787
Mineral:Adamite var. Cuprian Adamite
Locality:Mapimi District, Durango, Mexico
Description:Three groups of transparent vivid blue-green copper-rich adamite crystals (commonly mislabeled as the obsolete species names Cuproadamite or Cuprian Adamite) on hemispherical aggregates of unidentified brown and black minerals (siderite? hematite?).
Overall Size:4x2x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 2.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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