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Atacamite

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Atacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Shizuki, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 8.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

There are tiny Atacamite crystals in many small pockets, It looks like a breccia, gravel fixed together by Atacamite which goes through the whole specimen. This is seldom seen material, most Atacamite from this locality is only surface coating.

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

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