atacamite

English

Etymology

From Atacama +‎ -ite.

Noun

atacamite (countable and uncountable, plural atacamites)

  1. (mineralogy) A green copper(II) chloride hydroxide mineral, polymorphous with botallackite.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Atacamite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “atacamite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
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