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Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

 
Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 76382
Mineral:Adamite
Locality:Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Description:Thin plate of lustrous yellow-green adamite crystals to 10 mm in fan-shaped aggregates to 21 mm across. Some of the adamite crystals have red-brown limonite inclusions. The adamite fluoresces bright green under LW and SW ultraviolet illumination. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:9x6x2 cm
Crystals:5-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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