Mex039 - Adamite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico

An excellent specimen of green cupriam adamite and colorless adamite on the typical limonitic matrix. Many of the adamite crystals are doubly-terminated and measure to 1.4 cm. The cuprian adamite has nice color and luster; the crystals measure to about 4 mm. The adamite fluoresces a bright green under both short-wave and long-wave UV. 8.0 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm.

The Ojuela Mine is famous for producing some of the finest adamite specimens in the world. For more information on this locality, please see Famous mineral localities: The Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. The Mineralogical Record, 34(5), 1-91.