Mindat Short Description
Atacamite Group. A secondary copper mineral. Easily confused with the closely related Clinoatacamite.
Derivatives are paratacamite-(Mg) and paratacamite-(Ni).
Also closely related to Herbertsmithite and Gillardite (both have halved a-axes by com...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Smith G F, Prior G T (1906) Paratacamite, a new oxychloride of copper, Mineralogical Magazine 14, 170-177
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Cu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Cu2+3(Cu2+,Zn2+)(OH)6Cl1-2