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Atacamite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Cattle Grid Deposit, Mount Gunson, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm
Description

A series of dark green intergrown balls of atacamite. Acquired by the sller in 1979 and originally albeled as being from Kadina, research indicates this specimen is from the Cattlegrid Mine. At that time these atacamite groups were not widely known and it was possibly a ploy to hide the true locality which was a working mine at the time which strongly discouraged collecting by both collectors and employees. some things do not change.

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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