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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 5.2 × 4.8 cm
Description

The matrix is like a lyered cale with alternative bands of brown gossan and massive light green atacamite. At one end of this specimen a series of vugs that run parallel with the underlaying bands opens up sufficently for individual dark green atacamite crystals to form

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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