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Cuprocopiapite

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Cuprocopiapite

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Description
Locality: 
Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Intense greenish yellow cuprocopiapite crystals associated with orange sideronatrite, natrojarosite and gipsum. Rare mineral. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprocopiapite

Formula: 
CuFe4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile