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Adamite Sample

Adamite


Chemical Composition: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Group: -
System: Orthorhombic
Family: Phosphates
Hardness: 3.5


  • Elongated, fairly small crystals
  • Good cleavage
  • Vitreous luster
  • Other colours: bright green, colourless, pink, violet
  • Fragile
  • Transparent to translucent
  • Dissolves easily in dilute acids
  • Fuses
  • White streak
  • Sometimes fluorescent lemon-yellow in ultraviolet light
  • Specific gravity 4.3 - 4.5
  • Found in: Chile, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Namibia, USA
  • Very rare