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Clinoatacamite

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Clinoatacamite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mina Santa Barbara, San José, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very good and lustrous, deep green clinoatacamite crystals on matrix from a very old mine in Andalusia, Spain.

Rare.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinoatacamite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile