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Adamite from
Deer Hills Baryte Mine, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Adamite | |
| Formula: | Zn2(AsO4)(OH) | |
| Comments: | Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Very small quantities of a minutely globular emerald green mineral were recently found on the dump from the cross-cut at [NY31303655] associated with agardite-mixite and aurichalcite. The green mineral gave an x-ray powder pattern near to cuprian adamite (M.P. Cooper Collection; det. BM(NH): XRD)." | |
| Habit: | globular | |
| Colour: | emerald green | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Adamite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Deer Hills Baryte Mine, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 124 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:124:9 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Adamite | ||
| 0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘTrial on Deer Hills, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘOld Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘNether Row Brow, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘDumpy Stone Level, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘOld Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘDriggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘWanthwaite Mine, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK | |
| 55.6km (34.6 miles) | ⓘHigh Longrigg Mine, Hartley, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK | |
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