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Variscite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Lichtenberg Open Cast, Ronneburg Uranium Deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

A rich coverage of green botryoidal variscite on typical matrix, associated with some wavellite sprays.
A very good piece from this classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Cartils Minerals

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