atacamiten.
/atəˈkɑːmʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A bright green ore, an oxychloride of copper, found in Chile, Australia, and at St. Just in Cornwall.
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1837–68 J. D. Dana Min. 121.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 280 Atacamite has been found incrusting lavas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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