page_title: Atacamite
hierarchical_section_title: Atacamite
caption_attribution_description: English: Atacamite Locality: La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 7.5 x 4.9 x 1.5 cm. A fine and beautiful plate richly covered with lustrous atacamite crystal pinwheels. The lustrous, gemmy, dark green radiating blades nicely compliment the lighter green needles on this piece from the Type Locality region - the La Farola Mine in the Atacama Region of Chile. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection. Deutsch: Atacamit Fundort: La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Distrikt Las Pintadas, Tierra Amarilla, Provinz Copiapó, Región de Atacama, Chile (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 7.5 x 4.9 x 1.5 cm.
context_page_description: Atacamite is a copper halide mineral: a copper(II) chloride hydroxide with formula Cu₂Cl(OH)₃. It was first described for deposits in the Atacama Desert of Chile in 1801 by D. de Fallizen. The Atacama Desert is also the namesake of the mineral.
context_section_description: Atacamite is a copper halide mineral: a copper(II) chloride hydroxide with formula Cu₂Cl(OH)₃. It was first described for deposits in the Atacama Desert of Chile in 1801 by D. de Fallizen. The Atacama Desert is also the namesake of the mineral.
caption: Atacamite prisms from Chile
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