Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.

Botallackite chemical formula Cu2(OH)3Cl is a secondary copper mineral named for its type locality at the Botallack mine St Just in Penwith Cornwall. It is polymorphous with atacamite paratacamite and clinoatacamite.Botallackite crystallises in the monoclinic crystal system. It is mountain-green to green in colour with one distinct to good cleavage.

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