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Variscite

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Variscite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.7 × 2.8 cm
Description

An excellent variscite sample from the Iron Monarch Open Pit with a very rich coverage of small lustrous red crystals on matrix.

From my own collection.

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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