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Paratacamite from
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Paratacamite
Formula:Cu3(Cu,Zn)(OH)6Cl2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Paratacamite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8390
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8390:4
GUID (UUID V4):0036145f-a8a5-46ce-acad-f757a2977132
Nearest other occurrences of Paratacamite
10.4km (6.5 miles) Carmen Bajo Mine, Candelaria Copper mining complex, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
17.2km (10.7 miles) Alacrán Mine, Alacrán, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
18.5km (11.5 miles) Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Korea University] at 11:41 06 January 2015 Moonta Mine, South Australia, Australia W ere it not for a...localities. Consequently, an atacamite from the Moonta mine, South Australia, Australia, has been suggested...polymorphism with botallackite, clinoatacamite, and paratacamite. Pseudomorphs of malachite and chrysocolla after...instrumentation from the Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 mine at Balmat, New York, and in association with granophyllite...Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, and the Wheatley mine near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The copper mines
Journal (issue)
Climax Mine, by Mike McDonald, General Manager of the Henderson Mine and former GM of the Climax Mine in...school curriculum I learned about the Atacama Desert in Chile (the “absolute desert”) as being the driest...years) but we learned that some localities in the Atacama had not seen rain in hundreds of years—at least...That aspect made a deep impression Fig. 1. The Atacama in South America. Courtesy of Google on my developing...little more today about the extreme aridity: The Atacama Desert represents an extreme habitat for life on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2, a new species, and the definition of paratacamite R. S. W. BRAITHWAITE1, K. MEREITER2, W. H. PAAR3...site is substituted by e.g. Zn, thus giving paratacamite; the Zn is essential for stability and forms...been characterized using natural specimens from Chile and Iran and is named herbertsmithite. The other...been, should be named species. Clinoatacamite, paratacamite and herbertsmithite have rather similar X-ray...distinguished by infrared spectroscopy. Zn-stabilized paratacamite forms blue-green crystals of rhombohedral habit
Catalog/List
little ~artz. 2x1tX1~, £4.5Op ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Ch~le. Specimen A: Bright green bladed...association. 2x1-tx1t", £11.00 BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, nr. Keswick, Cumberland. Select, cluster of sharp...1x1", £4.5Op 2 11. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sharp lustrous light coloured...matrix. 2x1", £3.5Dp 14. BRoCHANTITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. oright green silky radiated tufts of...display. 4ix3tx21'" , £11.00 16. CALCITE. Millclose Mine, near Matlock, Derbyshire. Fine large doubly terminated
Catalog/List
£18.00 3. APATITE variety FRANCOL ITE . Holmbush Mine , Stoke Cl~sland , Cornwall. Specimen A: Smal~ sparkling...50p 4. ARAGONITE variety FLOS- FERRI. Cabezon de la Sal , Santander , Spain. Creamy- white wormlike and... 1tx1tx1 " , £4.75p 7 . ARTHUR ITE. Majuba Hill Mine , Churchill Co., Nevada , U. S. A. Lime- green crystallised...o 2x1" , f .? ~ 8 . ATACAMITE . Mina la Farola ,· Copiapo, Chile. Speci men A: Oright green s harp cr...ma1;rix . 2X1f'.', £6.00 9 . AXI NITE . Colebrook Mine , Rosebe ry, Tasmania, Australia. Lusteous clove-
Catalog/List
1-2'x1tx1t", £2.75p ~. i" ~'<~'ONITE. Laurium, Attica district, Greece. Fine turqucise-blue fibrous mass with...7x~x2~", £16.50p ~~:-face B. NATiVE ARSENI-. Kusa Mine, near 8au, Sarawak, 80rneo. Specimen A: Choice greyish... 2x1~1", £6.50~ O. r:,T>lCAMITE. La Farola 1'1ino, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Lust rous bright green... ~x2~-x1-t", £8.00 15. BARYTES. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfrip.s, Scotland. Lustrous creamy-white...association. 2}x2x1-t", £4.50p 20. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Small sharp tarnished crystals
Catalog/List
94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...'hite hairs on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless...MANGANOAN, t-✓.apimi, Durango, Mexico. Transpa::-ent la vender tipped crystals with minute tabular chalcophanite
Journal (issue)
Collector's Newsletter $3.00 The IRS and Pre-1900 Mining Documents Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...tcd accumul ations!) therefore have a minera l or mining-related ubject matter. I enjoy re ca rching th...small collection o f checks payable 10. or by . mining companic . . It, not a seriou collec tion. as o...1Biydhroxyl-Chlorides of the W ester:rm Cornish Lands End District J. R. Knight Manchester, United Kingdom Particularly...ack (C rowns) Mine. near SI Just. L evant Mine at Trewcllard and the nearby Geevor Tin Mine w hich was econom
Book (edition)
xx 12 mm, Morococha, Peru, H Gypsum, xx 40 mm, Las Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara,...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names are
 
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