Mineral name
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"Anatacamite"
(discredited)
twinned
clinoatacamite
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Original sample: 11 x 5 cm; atacamite intergrown with "anatacamite". |
Hölzel-No.
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3.CB.180 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2008-042 |
Chemical formula
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Cu2(OH)3Cl |
Type locality
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Chile, Antofagasta region, Sierra Gorda, La Vendida mine |
Associated minerals
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Atacamite |
Collection
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Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg |
Contact person
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Dr. Stefan Peters |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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MD 199 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Anatacamite from La Vendida mine, Sierra Gorda, Atacama desert, Chile: a triclinic polymorph of Cu22(OH)3Cl.
Malcherek, T. & Schlüter, J. (2010)
N. Jb. Miner. Abh., 187/3, 307-312 |
Notes / Further information
The original sample was collected by Arturo Molina, Iquique, in 2003.
At the request of Malcherek and Schlüter anatacamite was discredited by the IMA-CNMNC on July 17th, 2015.
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