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Atacamite Libethenite Halloysite & Dioptase

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Atacamite Libethenite Halloysite & Dioptase

ex coll. Uta Müller
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Description
Locality: 
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.8 × 9 × 5.3 cm
Weight: 
712.00gr
Description

Beautiful, dark green translucent atacamite crystals with a lot of tiny white spheres of halloysite and nests of fine, lighter green, acicular libethenite crystals. A lot of fine dioptase micro crystals, some growing on top of the acicular libethenite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Atacamite

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

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Halloysite

Group Parent: 
Kaolinite-Serpentine Group

Dioptase

Formula: 
CuSiO3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit (Altyn-Tube), Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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