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Atacamite

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Atacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

A thin vein in gossan opens in a series of cavities that are lined with transparent emeral green atacamite crystals, the crystals are thin bladed with flat termiantions. Atacamite is one the more uncommon minerals at the this locale.

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
Earthstones Australia

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