botallackite

English

Etymology

Botallack mine, Cornwall, and -ite.

Noun

botallackite (plural botallackites)

A green monoclinic copper mineral, polymorphous with atacamite, paratacamite, and clinoatacamite.

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Botallackite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“botallackite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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