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Herbertsmithite from
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Herbertsmithite
Formula:Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gordaiteⓘ21 photos of Herbertsmithite associated with Gordaite at this locality.
Christeliteⓘ11 photos of Herbertsmithite associated with Christelite at this locality.
Paratacamiteⓘ3 photos of Herbertsmithite associated with Paratacamite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ2 photos of Herbertsmithite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hemimorphiteⓘ2 photos of Herbertsmithite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Paralaurioniteⓘ1 photo of Herbertsmithite associated with Paralaurionite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Herbertsmithite data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Photo GalleryView Gallery (54 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:256061
Long-form Identifier:1:3:256061:8
GUID (UUID V4):9ed6a17a-3427-4449-819d-9fbd0c8f5fa1
Nearest other occurrences of Herbertsmithite
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘLa Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
78.0km (48.5 miles) ⓘSanta Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine), María Elena, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile
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CAPRICORNIO Au-Ag EPITHERMAL VEIN SYSTEM, ANTOFAGASTA REGION, CHILE GIUSEPPE ARFȧ AND MARIA BONI* Dipartimento...Paleocene–Eocene metallogenic belt, 60 km ENE of Antofagasta in the physiographic Central Depression, between...chlorides (atacamite, pseudoboleite, cumengeite, herbertsmithite), chlorocarbonates (phosgenite), chloroiodates...epithermal, Au-Ag, supergene Au-Ag, aridity, gold, Antofagasta Region, Central Depression. § Corresponding...CANADIAN MINERALOGIST INTRODUCTION The Antofagasta region in northern Chile hosts many of the world’s significant
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variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field MATTHEW J. SCIBERRAS1...trigonal symmetry (R3m) analogous to that of herbertsmithite (Zn) and gillardite (Ni), with a ≈ 6.8, c ≈...paratacamite, paratacamite-(Mg), paratacamite-(Ni), herbertsmithite, gillardite, compositional boundary, crystal...apparently continuous and extends to the minerals herbertsmithite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 (Braithwaite et al., 2004),...related structural transformations that lead to herbertsmithite can be described by the space group chain P1
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