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Variscite

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Description
Locality: 
Palazuelo de las Cuevas, Aliste, Zamora, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

A nice little specimen with mint green variscite crystals from an uncommonly offered Spanish 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
Peter Crozier Minerals