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Adamite
Chemical
Formula
Zn2AsO4OH
Species
Phosphates
Crystal
System
Orthorhombic
Mohs
Scale
3
Specific
Gravity
4.32-4.48
Color
Pale yellow, honey-yellow, brownish yellow, reddish; rarely white, colorless, blue, pale green to green, may be zoned;
Streak
white to pale green
Luster
Vitreous, Sub-Vitreous, Waxy, Greasy
Refractive
Index
n = 1.708 - 1.722 n = 1.742 - 1.744 n = 1.763 - 1.773
Diaphaneity
Transparent, Translucent
Cleavage
Distinct/Goodon , good; on , poor.
Fracture
Irregular/Uneven, Conchoidal
Crystal Habit:Wedge-like prisms typically in druses and radiating clusters - also smooth botryoidal masses.
Geological Setting:A secondary mineral in the oxidised zone of zinc- and arsenic-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits.
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