A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Brochantite with cuprite from Chuquicamata, Chile |
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| Description | Green brochantite, Cu4SO4(OH)6, with red-brown cuprite, Cu2O, from Chuquicamata, Chile. Both of these minerals, especially cuprite are important copper ore minerals. |
| Location | Chile ▹ Antofagasta. Near Chuquicamata. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-06-06. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #821. |
| Key words | cuprite, brochantite, Chile |
| Tech details | 700 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 639 |
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