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Mineral Specimens with Adamite
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4.9 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm. From a recent (2008) find at an old, classic locality. You can see the unusual dark green color of this new copper-rich (cuprian) adamite - here, represented in a pocket wall enclosed in limonite matrix. On close inspection, these crystals are actually quite transparent.
5.5 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm. Purple (manganoan) adamite is one of the three Holy Grail species from Mina Ojuela, along with legrandite and scorodite. This superb specimen features isolated, glassy, sprays and clusters of purple adamite crystals beautifully scattered on the sturdy, very 3-dimensional, gossan matrix, which has a very sculptural front "porch". Waxy, olive-green adamite sprays and botryoids are a nice contrast and compliment to this outstanding piece. This piece is from the one-time find in 1981 is highly representative for this very desirable manganoan-adamite species (erroneously once though to be cobaltoan). Ex. Consie Prince Stoudt Collection.
4.1 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm. A nearly matrix-free (there is a bit of limonite attachment on the back) sculptural miniature of intergrown whorls of light green adamite, from the Ojuela Mine. Very pretty and uncommon in this matrix-free form.
5.9 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm. Gleaming, shimmery, grassy-green crystals of adamite on limonite, from the Ojuela Mine. This crystal mass looks almost like smithsonite. But, in fact, it consists of separate balls of acicular crystal growing radially which merged together.
8.4 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm. A unique, fine and rich specimen from Tsumeb with two different varieties of cuprian adamite. One vug, at 4.8 cm, in the sulfide-rich, sculptural, mounded matrix is filled with sparkly, gemmy, emerald-green and pastel-green, cuprian adamite crystals. The adjacent vug is totally filled with the lustrous, pastel-green cuprian adamite variety. This is a fascinating, very rich and unusual cuprian adamite specimen from the Tsumeb Mine. Ex. Rob Smith Collection.
9.6 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm. You might not even know this is adamite without being told, since it is so radically different from the usual Mapimi specimen. This is a plate of very small, jewel-like, water-clear crystals, ranging from colorless to very slightly yellow-green. You can see traces of limonite on the back, but there is no matrix here; this is all adamite, and incredibly bright and lustrous (much more so in person).
9.8 x 6.9 x 3.7 cm. Sparkling balls of transparent, grass-green crystals of adamite, richly lining the side of this pocket in the typical limonitic matrix.
3.5 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm. A rare and fine combination specimen from the Tsumeb Mine. A 2.6 cm, striking vug is lined with gemmy and lustrous, emerald-green cuprian adamite crystals in a matrix of sparkly, peacock-iridescent, copper-red, massive bornite. A real bonus at the end of the vug on this rarity is a 3 mm long lathe of colorless, gypsum-like schultenite. Schultenite is a very rare lead arsenate and Tsumeb is the Type Locality. Combination specimens of this type were found (very few), only once, in the 1970s at Tsumeb, as reported in the 1977 Mineralogical Record TSUMEB special issue. Ex. Prosper Williams Collection – he was a very respected Tsumeb importer specializing in such rarities.
17.7 x 10.5 x 6.4 cm. This is a rather large specimen of adamite from the classic finds here of the late 1960s throught early 1980s. The habit of the crystals is of radiating fan-sprays shooting out from the contrasting gossan matrix. Here you have several dozen of these so-called pinwheel clusters, to 2 cm, spaced across a large display face. Ex. Consie Prince Collection.
12.5 x 10.5 x 4.7 cm. A striking two-sided cabinet adamite plate from the Consie Prince Collection and the Mina Ojuela of Mexico. The "A" side of the sturdy gossan matrix is festooned with gemmy and lustrous, yellow-green adamite crystals. The "B" side features gemmier adamite crystals in larger, isolated, rounded clusters. This is classic, large material from Mina Ojuela.
11.8 x 11.1 x 6.4 cm. This is a rather large specimen of adamite from the classic finds here of the late 1960s through early 1980s. The habit of the crystals is in tightly packed clusters, to 2 cm, rolling dramatically across a large display face. It has a nice 3-dimensional form, almost stalactitic, from the front angle of view. Ex. Consie Prince Collection.
7.3 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm. Shimmering, gemmy and lustrous, intergrown fans of bladed adamite crystals fill a vug on sturdy gossan matrix on this classic, very showy piece from the Mina Ojuela Mine of Mexico. Ex. Consie Prince Collection.
Apple-green hemisphere of adamite, with crystals ingrown upon each other. 4 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm
3.4 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm. This aesthetic specimen features a gorgeous, radiating floret of glassy purple manganoan adamite crystals with sharp, chisel terminations nicely set on the sturdy, gossan matrix. This piece is from the one-time find in 1981 and is highly representative for this very desirable manganoan-adamite species (erroneously once thought to be cobaltoan). Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
8.0 x 5.9 x 5.1 cm. A very showy, 3-dimensional specimen of sparkly, gemmy, green to yellow-green to brownish-green adamite crystals richly covering the sturdy, vuggy, gossan matrix. Pristine, except for trivial periphery wear. Highly representative material from the Mina Ojuela and the Consie Prince Collection.
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