Manganoan Adamite ex. Dave Stoudt Coll.

Item Description

Purple (manganoan) adamite is one of the three Holy Grail species from Mina Ojuela, along with legrandite and scorodite. This aesthetic thumbnail is a single crystal row of sharply terminated, purple adamite crystals with pretty hues of yellow and pastel-green at the base of the crystals. The gemmy, highy lustrous crystals have textbook chisel terminations. This very fine, two-sided piece is from the one-time find in 1981 and is an outstanding example for this very desirable manganoan adamite species (erroneously once thought to be cobaltoan). Ex Dave Stoudt Collection. I would value this around $300-500 for the fine quality.