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Atacamite

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Atacamite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Moonta Mines, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Shaped like a sunflower for want of a better analogy, this radial spray of terminated, dark green atacamite crystals sits on a thin sandstone matrix and is from the opencut operations at the famous Moonta Copper Mines in the 1980's

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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