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Atacamite & Libethenite

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Atacamite & Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Atacamite crystals of about a 0.5 centimeter long.

Additional to the atacamite you can see various minerals such as libethenite, halloysite, pseudomalachite and chrysocolla, making it an excellent example to showcase or microscope.

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

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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