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Adamite is a zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn 2 As O 4 OH.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.
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Adamantane is an organic compound with formula C 10 H 16 or, more descriptively, (CH) 4 (CH 2) 6.Adamantane molecules can be described as the fusion of three cyclohexane rings. The molecule is both rigid and virtually stress-free.
The word is a pseudo-Latin neologism (real Latin: adamans, from original Greek ἀδάμας [=indomitable]; adamantem [Latin accusative]) based on the English noun and adjective adamant (and the derived adjective adamantine) added to the neo-Latin suffix "-ium".
Adamant in classical mythology is an archaic form of diamond.In fact, the English word diamond is ultimately derived from adamas, via Late Latin diamas and Old French diamant. ...
The obscure sect, dating probably from the 2nd century, professed to have regained Adam and Eve's primeval innocence. [2] Various accounts are given of their origin. Some have thought them to have been an offshoot of the Carpocratians, who professed a sensual mysticism and a complete emancipation from the moral law. [2]