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Marshite & Atacamite

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Marshite & Atacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some fantastic crystals of marshite with nice green crystals of atacamite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marshite

Formula: 
CuI
Strunz: 
3.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Atacamite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Atacama Region, Chile

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