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Variscite

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Description
Locality: 
Palazuelo de las Cuevas, Aliste, Zamora, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Specimen of bicoloured green variscite from Palazuelo de las Cuevas (Zamora), a locality exploited already for variscite since prehistoric times. The piece is crossed by a vein of quartz.

Self-collected in 1994.

Mineral Data
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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

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