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Variscite

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Variscite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Boa Vista Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.4 × 3 cm
Description

A specimen with distinct cranberry red variscite crystals as well as spheroidal groups with very intense colour and luster.

They occupy vugs on the sample and contrast with the matrix, clearer in some zones and darker in others.  

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
Earthstones Australia

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