AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Adamite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 80771 |
Mineral: | Adamite |
Locality: | Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico |
Description: | Two fan-shaped group of radiating lustrous transparent yellow-green adamite crystals on brown limonite gossan. The adamite crystals have uranium impurities (typical for adamite) that causes them to fluoresce green under SW-LW UV illumination. Originally acquired from Rutgers University Geology Museum |
Overall Size: | 5.5x3.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 13-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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