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Herbertsmithite

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Herbertsmithite

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

Large cabinet or museum sample of this very rare copper mineral is here present as beautiful sparkling crystals to about the millimeter accompanied by tabular pearly white to pale greenish crystals of Gordaite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Herbertsmithite

Formula: 
Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DA.10c
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Los Tres Presidentes Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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