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Zincolivenite

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For years, lost in the wilderness of a mid-series chemical composition between Olivenite and Adamite but known to mineral collectors for its quite distinctive colour and appearance in comparison to Olivenite and Adamite. Zincolivenite was finally given its own distinct mineral species status in 2006 based on analysis of material from Kamariza in Greece, but the famous Tsumeb mine in Namibia is where the finest crystals come from. This thumbnail specimen from Tsumeb demonstrates well the quality of the Zincolivenite from there. It features a 6 mm wide main aggregate of somewhat bipyramidal, or octahedral crystals individually to about 3 mm across, on a small piece of matrix. Their colour and lustre is classically Zincolivenite from Tsumeb.

Product details

Species
ZincoliveniteAbout Zincolivenite →
SizeThumbnail
Dimensions1.6 x 1.0 x 1.4 cm
Listed on11/19/2025
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC43586

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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.