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Faustite & Variscite

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Faustite & Variscite

Martin Jensen collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Rain Mine, Elko County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a rich thumbnail with a fracture surface lined with very rich botryoidal clusters of rare faustite with tiny crystals of variscite. Given to Martin Jensen in 1992 by the Rain Mine geologist and verified by EDS. Rare sample of this species from this inaccesible locality to collectors. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Faustite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Compact masses
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Copper King mine, Schroeder Mt, Maggie Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Variscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Meßbach Quarry, Meßbach, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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