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Zincolivenite

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A splendid small miniature rich in Zincolivenite crystals covering a box work structured carbonate matrix, very in keeping with the karstic environment within the Tsumeb mine in Namibia. The Zincolivenite crystals average between 1 and 2 mm and up to 3 mm; they are opaque light minty green and contrast well against the brick red and dirty white cellular matrix. The species Zincolivenite represents the intermediate member of the solid solution series between Olivenite and Adamite. An excellent representative example of this species from Tsumeb

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Species
ZincoliveniteAbout Zincolivenite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.3 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Listed on12/02/2024
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC32536

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Mineral guide
Learn about Zincolivenite
emerald-green crystals in radiating sprays with vitreous to adamantine luster; notable localities, color, habit, and ID cues.
Zincolivenite
Regional guide
Zincolivenite from Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
from Tsumeb is the modern name for much of the vivid green “cuproadamite” and “cuprian adamite” that circulated for decades from this legendary Namibian mine. It sits between adamite and olivenite in the adamite–olivenite solid-solution series, with ideal composition CuZn(AsO4)(OH), and Tsumeb is one of the places where that chemistry becomes a collector’s problem as much as a mineralogical one: color, habit, and zoning can suggest the identity, but the most careful determinations rely on quantitative chemical analysis.