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Antlerite

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 4.1 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Rich, dark green, flat lying lustrous antlerite crystals up to 0.3 cm long in a fissure of the matrix from the famous Chilean copper deposit Chuquicamata, associated with pale blue massive turquoise. The crystals are not perfectly developed due to the space limitations of the fissure, but still quite a rich piece,

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Antlerite

Formula: 
Cu3(SO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Antler Mine (Antler Gold Mine; Spuyten Duyvel Mine), Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Wendel Minerals

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