Adamite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Adamite [ Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH) ]

Images of Adamite

Shortwave UV luminescence image of adamite specimen from from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Specimen size 7cm.

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Adamite on limonite, from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Size: 6.6 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm

Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Adamite specimen from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Specimen size 7cm.

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Adamite specimen from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Specimen size 7cm.

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Material properties

Formula	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)
Abbreviation	Ad
Classifications	Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing AsO4, Olivenite (group)
Luminescence emitters	Triplet-singlet, Unspecified
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1866
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Paradamite
Crystal symmetry	Orthorhombic, Point group mmm, Space group Pnnm (#58)
Tags	Hydroxide , Mineral, Arsenate

Composition

Element	Atoms
H	1
As	1
Zn	2
O	5
Total:	9

References for Adamite

Gorobets and Rogojine 2002

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Tarashchan 1978

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Specimens of Adamite

Name	Owner	Materials	Image
Adamite (Durango)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Adamite	Adamite (Durango) Adamite specimen from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Specimen size 7cm. Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.