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What does atacamite mean?

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Noun
  1. (mineralogy) A green copper(II) chloride hydroxide mineral, polymorphous with botallackite.
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Its jaws use a mystery-element-containing mineral called atacamite.
The first drill hole has intersected a sequence of deeply weathered rocks containing a range of secondary copper minerals including native copper, atacamite and chalcocite.
Copper oxide mineralization consists of atacamite, malachite and chrysocolla.
The Algomah mine is best known for lapidary material and copper-bearing microminerals, including plancheite, kinoite, dioptase, azurite, and atacamite.
Many of the world's finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other minerals originated in this manner.
Within the weathered rocks a range of secondary copper minerals were identified including native copper, atacamite and chalcocite.

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