37584: Conichalcite and Cuprian Adamite -
$20 Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District, Tooele County, Utah Small cabinet - 6.7 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm 88 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order A vuggy limonite matrix hosts several
patches of green crusty to microcrystalline material,
identified on previous dealer labels (Jack Parnau
and Mineralogical
Research Co.) as the copper arsenate species
conichalcite and cuprian adamite. To the unaided eye, the
green material appears to be homogeneous but under
magnification (and with a bit of study) two distinct
species can be seen. This is not surprising, as
conichalcite - CaCu(AsO
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