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Antlerite & Atacamite

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Antlerite & Atacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Oxide Mine, Mount Gordon, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 12.1 × 5.7 cm
Description

Intense blue green antlerite intergrown with dark green atacamite crystals and druzes are sharply contrasted by the white lining of this narrow seam. The underside of the white lining can be seen in two areas where the seam pinches out.

Antlerite from this deposit was identified by single crystal XRD.

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

Atacamite

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

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