Pure adamite is colorless, but usually it possess yellow color due to Fe compounds admixture.

It occurs in association with smithsonite, hemimorphite, scorodite, olivenite, calcite, quartz and iron and manganese oxides.

[2] The yellow to bright lime-green colored crystals and druze along with its distinctive fluorescence make adamite a favorite among mineral collectors.

Found in Mapimí, Durango, Mexico; Greece; and California and Utah in the United States.

It was first described in 1866 for an occurrence at the type locality of Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile.