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Atacamite

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Atacamite

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Description
Locality: 
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.8 × 7.2 × 4.7 cm
Weight: 
260.00gr
Description

Clusters of lustrous, bottle green crystals of atacamite covering all the surfaces of a block matrix, also coated by whitish-grey halloysite. Other associated minerals are sprays of olive-green libethenite and blueish-green pseudomalachite. Typical material from one of the best localities for the species.

Ex Ludo van Gothem #644.

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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

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