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Adamite from
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Adamite
Formula:Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Comments:Also confirmed optically. Associated with baylondite and molybdofornacite
Habit:blocky to prismatic
Colour:light green
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tsumcoriteⓘ1 photo of Adamite associated with Tsumcorite at this locality.
Duftiteⓘ1 photo of Adamite associated with Duftite at this locality.
Fluoriteⓘ1 photo of Adamite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Adamite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:235333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:235333:3
GUID (UUID V4):b5d15c10-8d4f-4f8c-b4ba-de550ab9de9b
Nearest other occurrences of Adamite
46.4km (28.8 miles) ⓘSnowstorm mine (Mountain View mine), North Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
84.3km (52.4 miles) ⓘJersey Valley group, Jersey Mining District (Jersey Valley Mining District), Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
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South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za TSUMCORITE Tsumeb Mine, Namibia I t is fitting that Tsumeb should have...development, growth, and ultimate closure of the mine in 1996. Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL) was founded...World War II, when the Tsumeb mine was put up for sale. Prior to this the mine was owned by Otavi Minen–...Eisenbahn–Gesellschaft (OMEG). TCL operated the mine until 1988 when it was acquired by Gold Fields South...(söhngeite is named in his honor) worked at the Tsumeb mine, and his two publications (Söhnge 1967, 2001) give
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