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Antofagasta

Chuquicamata copper mine

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Atacamite, chalcanthite, brochantite, antlerite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Miocene porphyry copper

Chuquicamata yields fine copper secondary minerals

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