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MD-137970
Adamite (Var: Manganoan Adamite)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Miniature, 4.7 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
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Purple adamite is one of the three Holy Grail species from Mina Ojuela, along with legrandite and scorodite. This showy and cute miniature features a 8 mm wide, sparkly, broccoli head of purple adamite crystals on a stalk of yellow-brown adamite. The adamite is aesthetically set in a vug atop a wedge-shaped limonite matrix. This piece is from the one-time find in 1981 and is highly representative of this very desirable species. Ex. George Elling Collection.