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Variscite & Millisite

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Variscite & Millisite

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Description
Locality: 
Cabeço da Mua Mine, Felgar, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm
Description

Wonderful, rich and a true rarity from one time find!!!

Lots of orange variscite with white globular millisite.

Fantastic combo, nice and rare.

Collected: 
2010
Boxed with Label
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

Millisite

Formula: 
(Na,K)CaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA