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Gold With Chrysocolla & Atacamite & Quartz

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Gold With Chrysocolla & Atacamite & Quartz

Ex Lehnen collection, Möchgengladbach, Germany
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province/Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.6 × 2 cm
Weight: 
14.60gr
Description

This colorful specimen features a high lustrous gold speck of 3 x 2 mm size on a matrix consisting of turquoise-green chrysocolla, minor green atacamite and small vugs lined with colorless quartz crystals.

A fine specimen from a classic chilean locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Atacamite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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