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Name: Adamite RRUFF ID: R060593 Ideal Chemistry: Zn2AsO4(OH) Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: Michael Scott S100793 [view label] Owner: Michael Scott Description: Bluish-green prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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a: 8.390(2)Å b: 8.536(2)Å c: 6.020(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 431.18(7) Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Adamite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Friedel M C, Daubrée M (1866) Sur ladamine, nouvelle espèce minérale, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de lAcadémie des Sciences, 62, 692-695 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C (1976) A refinement of the crystal structure of adamite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 143-148 [view file] |
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Kato T, Miura Y (1977) The crystal structures of adamite and paradamite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 320-328 [view file] |
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Toman K (1978) Ordering in olivenite-adamite solid solutions, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 715-721 |
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Braithwaite R S W (1983) Infrared spectroscopic analysis of the olivenite-adamite series, and of phosphate substitution in olivenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 47, 51-57 [view file] |
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Chisholm J E (1985) Cation segregation and the O-H stretching vibration of the olivenite-adamite series, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 12, 185-190 |
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Braithwaite R S W, Green D I, Tindle A G (2009) The distribution and composition of adamite and zincolivenite in Britian and Ireland, Journal of the Russell Society, 12, 3-9 |
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