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=== Biomineral === Atacamite occurs as a biomineral in the jaws of [[Glycera (genus)|bloodworms]].<ref name="Lichtenegger">{{cite journal|date=October 2002|title=High abrasion resistance with sparse mineralization: copper biomineral in worm jaws|journal=Science|volume=298|issue=5592|pages=389–92|bibcode=2002Sci...298..389L|doi=10.1126/science.1075433|pmid=12376695|vauthors=Lichtenegger HC, Schöberl T, Bartl MH, Waite H, Stucky GD|s2cid=14001250}}</ref><ref name="Stucky2003">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lichtenegger HC, Schöberl T, Ruokolainen JT, etal |title=Zinc and mechanical prowess in the jaws of Nereis, a marine worm |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=100 |issue=16 |pages=9144–9 |date=August 2003 |pmid=12886017 |pmc=170886 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1632658100 |bibcode=2003PNAS..100.9144L |doi-access=free }}</ref> <gallery> Atacamite-235102.jpg|Atacamite prisms from Chile Harvard Museum of Natural History. Atacamite. Miraflores Mine, Tierra Amarilla, Atacama, Chile (DerHexer) 2012-07-20.jpg|Atacamite from Chile displayed in the [[Harvard Museum of Natural History]] Atacamite-168148.jpg|Atacamite from Mt. Gunson, South Australia </gallery> {{clear}}
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