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Atacamite & Botallackite

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Atacamite & Botallackite

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Description
Locality: 
Dooneen Mine, Allihies, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Irish Republic (Eire)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

An unusual locality piece from Ireland with a very rich coverage of botryoidal masses of a mixture of atacamite and botallackite on matrix.

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

Botallackite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10b
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK
Cartils Minerals

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