Atacamite

Area 5 mm
Origin: Hazard Section, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

Dark green atacamite with blue-green chrysocolla and white spheres of nantokite
Origin: Chuquicamata, Chile
Picture height: 9 mm
Sample owner: W.R. Moorer
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Pieter Stemvers, Leusden, Netherlands

email: stemvers@hetnet.nl

 

Origin: Majuba Hill mine, Pershing Co., Nevada
Sample size: about 5 x 4 cm
 
  
Origin: Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile
Eaton Collection
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Moonta Mine, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Sample size: 4 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Mount Gunson Mine, Mt Gunson, Stuart Shelf area, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 4 x 2.75 x 2.75 cm
 
  
Origin: Chuquicamata, Chile
Sample size: 8 x 6 x 6 cm
 
Atacamite on chrysocolla
Origin: La Farola Mine, Tierra Amarillo, Atacama Province Chile
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm
 
  
Origin: Atacama Province, Chile
Sample size: 5.6 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Mt. Gunson, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 2 x 4.5 cm (left), 3.5  x 4 cm (right)
 
Thin green crust on lava from the 1631 eruption
Origin: Lava of 1631, Vesuvius, Napoli, Italy
Sample size: 8 x 10 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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