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Paratacamite

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Paratacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Hazard, Botallack, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm
Description

Small but nice, sharp, emerald-green crystals of paratacamite spread on the sample, from a classic Cornish locality. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paratacamite

Formula: 
Cu3(Cu,Zn)(OH)6Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DA.10c
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Generosa Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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