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Paratacamite from
Carmen Bajo Mine, Candelaria Copper mining complex, 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 Carmen Bajo Mine, Candelaria Copper mining complex, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:477516
Long-form Identifier:1:3:477516:4
GUID (UUID V4):48e93b7a-24d3-4e45-b8c8-969b224e1b5b
Nearest other occurrences of Paratacamite
10.4km (6.5 miles) La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
14.4km (9.0 miles) Alacrán Mine, Alacrán, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
15.6km (9.7 miles) Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
References
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Report (issue)
4.136 (synthetic). D(calc.) = 4.22 Alters to paratacamite on exposure. Optical Properties: Transparent...81 Total 99.69 100.10 100.00 (1) Nantoko, Chile. (2) Broken Hill, Australia. (3) CuCl. Occurrence:...hydrothermal copper-bearing deposits; rarely in volcanic Association: Cuprite, copper, atacamite, paratacamite...paratacamite, claringbullite, cerussite, hematite. Distribution: In the Carmen Bajo mine, Pintada Mountain...Mountain, near Nantoko, Copiapó district, Atacama, Chile. From Broken Hill, New South Wales, and at the
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...oxides and similar compounds, oxidic compounds with complex anions, and a few organic species. Mineral species...Subsidim-y anions (OH,F,O) are positioned before the complex anion , with both enclosed in square brackets,...of the valency electrons of the oxygens of the complex ions are involved in bonding to the cations". The...halides without H2O 3.B Simple halides with H2O 3.C Complex halides 3.D Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides, and related
 
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