Adamite



Small green globules and patchy coatings of green adamite on a fracture surface in granular, medium-grade franklinite-willemite-calcite ore.  This specimen is from the wallkilldellite assemblage at Sterling Hill.  Originally from the Fred Jones collection, it was subsequently (December 1993) purchased by Gary Grenier (GG2271) from the Franklin Mineral Museum and later entered the Steven Phillips collection.

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Coatings of green adamite franklinite-willemite-calcite ore,Sterling mine, Ogdensburg

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Identifier: ADM2a
Locality: near 340 level, Sterling mine, Ogdensburg
Specimen size: 9 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Photo credit: Earl R. Verbeek





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