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Atacamite With Halloysite & Libethenite

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Atacamite With Halloysite & Libethenite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 6.3 × 3 cm
Description

Very good example example of a rich specimen, featuring dark green prismatic atacamite crystals, white balls of halloysite, one tiny green circular spray of Libethenite, on botryoidal Chrysocolla.

One could spend a great deal of time revelling at this specimen under the magnifying glass or the microscope.

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

Halloysite

Group Parent: 
Kaolinite-Serpentine Group

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
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