Description: Atacamite
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pinatdo, Tierra Amarilla,, Copiapo Prov., Chile
8.0 x 12.5 cm, FOV~3.5 cm
Flat-laying radial sprays of lustrous, dark green atacamite on a thin layer of off-white halloysite with isolated spherical sprays of light olive green libethenite and blue-green pseudomalachite.
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