Manganoan Adamite (excellent)

Item Description

Purple (manganoan) adamite is one of the three Holy Grail species from Mina Ojuela, along with legrandite and scorodite. This very glassy thumbnail crystal has a gemmy, pretty purple tip above a brown core and colorless sides. The lustrous crystal has a textbook chisel termination. This piece is from the one-time find in 1981 and is a choice example for this very desirable manganoan adamite species (erroneously once thought to be cobaltoan). I would value this around $750-900 for the fine quality, rich color and crystal size of this classic thick crystal from 30 years ago!