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Atacamite Halloysite & Libethenite

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Atacamite Halloysite & Libethenite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6 × 3.3 cm
Description

Beautiful and big specimen of lustrous and sharp, dark emerald-green Atacamite crystals with white/pale-green Halloysite micro-balls and small green tufts of Libethenite on matrix from classic locality- La Farola Mine in Atacama Region, Chile. Old material.

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

Halloysite

Group Parent: 
Kaolinite-Serpentine Group

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

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