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Atacamite Specimen - 63g

$85.00

Rare Atacamite Crystal Specimen – Historic La Farola Mine, Chile | Classic Collector Locality

Own a remarkable piece of Chilean mining history with this genuine Atacamite specimen from the historic La Farola Mine, one of Chile's classic localities for producing beautiful secondary copper minerals. Featuring vibrant emerald-green atacamite crystals on natural matrix, this specimen represents material from a locality that has become increasingly difficult to obtain.

The La Farola Mine was once renowned among mineral collectors for its exceptional atacamite specimens. Today, the historic workings have given way to modern industrial copper mining, where large-scale extraction—not mineral specimen recovery—is the primary objective. As a result, the classic mineral-producing zones that yielded collectible atacamite have largely disappeared, making authentic older specimens from La Farola increasingly scarce in today's market.

This is more than a beautiful mineral—it's a surviving example from one of Chile's legendary copper localities, preserved from an era when world-class atacamite specimens could still be recovered.

Key Features

  • Mineral: Atacamite
  • Historic Locality: La Farola Mine, Chile
  • Rich emerald-green natural crystal color
  • Classic secondary copper mineral
  • Attractive display specimen on natural matrix
  • Increasingly scarce historic locality specimen
  • Collected from a classic mine no longer known for specimen production
  • Excellent addition to advanced mineral and copper mineral collections
  • One-of-a-kind natural collector specimen

Collector's Note

Specimens from the historic La Farola Mine are highly sought after because the locality is no longer recognized as an active source of collectible atacamite. With modern large-scale copper extraction replacing the historic specimen-producing workings, these older examples have become increasingly desirable and represent a finite piece of Chile's rich mineralogical heritage.



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