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Variscite Crandallite & Wardite

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Variscite Crandallite & Wardite

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Description
Locality: 
Little Green Monster Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.4 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
208.00gr
Description

Large elongated slide, cut and polished at one side, featuring a polychrome mineralization composed of apple green variscite, cream yellow crandallite and whitish grey wardite.

Acquired in 1994 by Wilfred Moorer (1945-2015) #3605.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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

Crandallite

Formula: 
CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brooklyn Mine, Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Wardite

Formula: 
NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

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