Dictionary - Definition of ATACAMITE

Definition: ATACAMITE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Atacamite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Atacamite \A*tac"a*mite\, noun. [From the desert of Atacama, where found.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ATACAMITE

Domain	Definition
Mining	An orthorhombic mineral, 4[Cu2 Cl (OH)3 ]; trimorphous with paratacamite and botallackite; grass green, in fine crystal aggregates, fibrous or columnar; a supergene mineral in oxidized zones of copper deposits in desert regions; a source of copper. Syn: remolinite. (references)
Wikipedic	Atacamite is a mineral found originally in the desert of Atacama Desert, Chile, and named by D. de Gallizen in 1801. It is a copper(II) chloride hydroxide, with formula Cu2Cl(OH)3. (references)
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Extended Definition: ATACAMITE

Atacamite

Atacamite from Madagaskar

Atacamite is a mineral found originally in the desert of Atacama Desert, Chile, and named by D. de Gallizen in 1801. It is a copper(II) chloride hydroxide, with formula Cu₂Cl(OH)₃.

Its colour is various shades of green, usually dark. Atacamite is a comparatively rare mineral, formed from primary copper minerals in the oxidation or weathering zone of arid climates.

Atacamite is polymorphous with Botallackite.^[1]

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References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

Mindat.org information page for Botallackite

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Atacamite". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: ATACAMITE
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Synonym: atacamite
Position	Synonym (sorted by strength)
Expression	Muriate of copper.
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Translations: ATACAMITE

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Deutsch	Atacamit (Atacamite). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Atacamite. (volunteer & more translations)
German	Atacamit (Atacamite). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Atacamite. (volunteer & more translations)
High German	Atacamit (Atacamite). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Atacamite. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch	Atacamit (Atacamite). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Atacamite. (volunteer & more translations)
Scots Gaelic	atacamit (atacamite). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, Atacamite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Language	Translations for “Atacamite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	athagatathagacathagamathagite (atacamite). Additional references: Athag, Atacamite. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	agatagacagamagite (atacamite). Additional references: Double Dutch, Atacamite. (volunteer)
Leet	^-\|-^(^^^\|-\|-& (atacamite). Additional references: Leet, Atacamite. (volunteer)
Oppish	opatopacopamopite (atacamite). Additional references: Oppish, Atacamite. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	Atacamiteway (Atacamite). Additional references: Pig Latin, Atacamite. (volunteer)
Terran B	Atacamit (Atacamite). Additional references: Terran B, Atacamite. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	ubatubacubamubite (atacamite). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Atacamite. (volunteer)
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