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Anatacamite

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This was thought to be a separate, triclinic polymorph of atacamite, clinoatacamite and paratacamite, visually indentical from the latter two.

Discredited as being twinned clinoatacamite.

(Specimens may be correctly renamed to clinoatacamite)

Type Locality
La Vendida Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Mineral Data
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10d
Physical Properties
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Tenacity: 
brittle
Synonyms
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