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Atacamite with Pseudomalachite on Chrysocolla from Copiapo, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Atacamite)

 
Atacamite with Pseudomalachite on Chrysocolla from Copiapo, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Atacamite)

Atacamite with Pseudomalachite on Chrysocolla from Copiapo, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Atacamite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 65793
Mineral:Atacamite with Pseudomalachite on Chrysocolla
Locality:Copiapo, Atacama Desert, Chile (Type Locality for Atacamite)
Description:Lustrous transparent dark-green prismatic atacamite crystals to 6 mm with transparent green pseudomalachite microcrystals to 0.1 mm on blue-green chrysocolla-coated matrix.
Overall Size:8x4x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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