Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Tsumeb paradamites are very rare! This is an exceptional T/N.
© 2010 Jeff Scovil
On quartz matrix.
© 2012 Ronald J. Pellar
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Paradamite on matrix.
© 2011 Ronald J. Pellar
Small whitish crystals are ojuelaite.
Perky specimen. 4.4 mm lozenge shaped xtal shows typical chatoyancy.
Paradamite crystals on matrix.
Ex. Marcus Origlieri collection. Ex. Eugene E. Foord collection.
There is one clear crystal of what I think maybe hemimorphite on the side of the hemisphere on the right. The heulandite-like flash off the cleavage plane are quite noticeable.
Crystal cluster to 12 mm.
Minor Legrandite on specimen.
© 2013 Ronald J. Pellar
Species verified at University of Arizona, 2/3/2013.
Bought as a legrandite! Verified as adamite (not paradamite as I originally thought) by Raman spectra at UofA.
© Ronald J. Pellar 2014
