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Chuquicamata, Chile

Mineral locality Inferred from historyProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: atacamite, chrysocolla, chalcanthite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: porphyry copper mine

One of the world's largest documented copper mines, source of atacamite and copper minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Massive open pit, machinery

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