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Atacamite & Tenorite

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Atacamite & Tenorite

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Description
Locality: 
Cattle Grid Deposit, Mount Gunson, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm
Description

Lustrous dark green acicular crystals of atacamite on a matrix covered with black tenorite on a brecciated quartz matrix. Older specimen from the late 1960's

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Atacamite

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

Tenorite

Formula: 
CuO
Strunz: 
4.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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