It has also been reported as a volcanic sublimate from fumarole deposits, as sulfide alteration products in black smokers.

[3] The mineral has also been found naturally on oxidized copper deposits in Chile, China, Russia, Czech Republic, Arizona, and Australia.

[6] It occurs in association with cuprite, brochantite, linarite, caledonite, malachite, chrysocolla and its polymorphs.

[3] Atacamite has been discovered in the patina of the Statue of Liberty, and as alteration of ancient bronze and copper artifacts.

The mineral has been found as a pigment in sculpture, manuscripts, maps, and frescoes discovered in Eurasia, Russia, and Persia.