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Variscite Ferrian Variscite

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Variscite Ferrian Variscite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 3.4 × 2 cm
Description

Sparkly and gemmy dark red variscite crystals

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

Ferrian Variscite

Variety Of: 

Variscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0