A rare copper sulfate mineral with a blue-green color, found in oxidized copper ore deposits.
Named after Antler, Arizona, where it was first discovered and identified in 1923. The mineral name follows the geological convention of naming minerals after their type locality.
Minerals are named after places, and antlerite is a beautiful reminder that Arizona's copper mines are treasure chests of weird chemistry—this blue-green mineral forms in the exact conditions where ancient copper oxidizes over millennia.
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