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, Olivenite (group), Minerals containing AsO4
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	Spectra	Techniques