Adamite (Var: Alumino Adamite)

Adamite (Var: Alumino Adamite) : Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)

Locality: Hilarion Mine (Hilarion adit; Hilarion Mine No. 50), Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece

FOV=4 cm. Delicately colored adamite on a white matrix which by SEM/EDS analysis is pure Zn: it is probably hydrozincite. The Al content of the adamite was confirmed. Photo by T. Peterson; specimen courtesy of Kaygeedee Minerals, Ottawa.

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