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Atacamite Olivenite & Halloysite

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Atacamite Olivenite & Halloysite

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Description
Locality: 
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 8.8 × 6.2 cm
Weight: 
94.00gr
Description

Nice specimen from Chile of atacamite in excellent crystals of extraordinary brightness associated with several coils of acicular olivenite crystals on a carpet of small white halloysite balls.

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

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Carharrack Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Halloysite

Group Parent: 
Kaolinite-Serpentine Group

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