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Atacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Poona Copper Mine, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm
Description

Recent open cut mining (1990's) of this small old mine, produced small amounts of interesting specimens including cuprite, native copper, covellite, pyrite and atacamite. This specimen features dark green micro crystals of atacamite on a massive atacamite and quartz matrix. Good for the locality. The pit was allowed to fill with water after most of the accessible ore was extracted.

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
Gondwana Minerals