KSC Crystals

KSC Crystals
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Friday 3 June 2011

Atacamite

Atacamite



Atacamite is an unusual and attractive halide mineral. It is polymorphous with two other minerals; paratacamite and botallackite. A polymorph is a mineral that shares the same chemistry with other minerals but has a different crystal structure.

Atacaemit is a rare mineral that is valued for opening the third eye, boosting visualisation and spiritual connection, restoring spiritual trust. It is used for elimination, removing fear, cleansing the kidneys, healing the thyroid gland.

Atacamite is a mineral from the Halides group with a hardness of 3. It forms as bright to dark green thin, prismatic and tabular crystals in oxidised regions of copper deposits as a secondary mineral.