ADAMITE

Adamite

Adamite is a zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn2AsO4OH. It is a mineral that typically occurs in the oxidized or weathered zone above zinc ore occurrences. Pure adamite is colorless, but usually it possess yellow color due to Fe compounds admixture. Tints of green also occur and are connected with copper substitutions in the mineral structure. Olivenite is a copper arsenate that is isostructural with adamite and there is considerable substitution between zinc and copper resulting in an intermediate called cuproadamite. Zincolivenite is a recently discovered mineral being an intermediate mineral with formula CuZn. Manganese, cobalt, ...

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adamite

Noun

  1. A descendant of Adam; a human being.

Noun (etymology 2)

adamite

  1. A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn2AsO4OH.


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