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Variscite

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Variscite

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Description
Locality: 
Boa Vista Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Red-violet variscite crystal-balls with rockbridgeite in vugs of the pegmatite matrix.

 

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