Atacamite (David Burgess Coll.)

La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Copiapo Province, Atacama, Chile
Small Cabinet, 5.6 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 04/18/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/25/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Lustrous, gemmy, emerald-green to deep green sprays of atacamite crystals with blue-green chrysocolla richly cover the front of the blocky matrix on this showy and excellent small cabinet from the Type Locality area of atacamite. Ex David Burgess Collection, for whom Burgessite is named. Classic combination material from this remote copper mine.

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