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atacamitenoun
A green copper(II) chloride hydroxide mineral, polymorphous with botallackite.
Etymology: Atacama Desert, Chile, and -ite.
Webster Dictionary
Atacamitenoun
an oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals
Etymology: [From the desert of Atacama, where found.]
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Atacamite
Atacamite is a copper halide mineral: a copper chloride hydroxide with formula Cu2Cl(OH)3. It was first described for deposits in the Atacama Desert of Chile in 1801. Atacamite is polymorphous with botallackite, clinoatacamite, and paratacamite. Atacamite is a comparatively rare mineral, formed from primary copper minerals in the oxidation or weathering zone of arid climates. It has also been reported from fumarole deposits, as sulfide alteration products in black smokers and as alteration of ancient bronze and copper artefacts. It occurs in association with cuprite, brochantite, linarite, caledonite, malachite, chrysocolla and its polymorphs. It has been shown that atacamite is a component of the jaws of some Glycera species.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of atacamite in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of atacamite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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