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Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Ferrilotharmeyerite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ferrilotharmeyerite)

 
Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Ferrilotharmeyerite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ferrilotharmeyerite)

Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Ferrilotharmeyerite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ferrilotharmeyerite)

Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Ferrilotharmeyerite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ferrilotharmeyerite)

Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Ferrilotharmeyerite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ferrilotharmeyerite)

Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Ferrilotharmeyerite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ferrilotharmeyerite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 70499
Mineral:Adamite var. Cuproadamite with Ferrilotharmeyerite
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Ferrilotharmeyerite)
Description:Lustrous transparent dark-green copper-rich adamite crystals to 4 mm on milky quartz with yellow microcrystals of ferrilotharmeyerite (or possibly tsumcorite). These copper-rich adamite crystals are frequently labeled with the obsolete name Cuproadamite.
Overall Size:3.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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