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Variscite

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Locality: 
Palazuelo de las Cuevas, Aliste, Zamora, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.9 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm
Description

Uncommon pisolithic aggregate of apple green variscite from Palazuelo de las Cuevas (Zamora), a classic European locality exploited already for variscite since prehistoric times, and intensively in the Roman period for carvings.

Self-collected in 1994. We combine shipping!.

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

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