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Natrochalcite & Atacamite

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Natrochalcite & Atacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Very good lustrous emerald green natrochalcite crystals intergrown on a pale tan matrix with some dark green atacamite crystals. A very good coverage on both sides of the specimen, with well defined crystals. This piece was part of a small amount of pieces that had an old miner, discovery is over twenty years ago, the image does not make justice to the piece, which when viewed with a lens, is magnificent

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Natrochalcite

Formula: 
NaCu2(SO4)2(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Atacamite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Atacama Region, Chile

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