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Variscite & Turquoise

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Variscite & Turquoise

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Description
Locality: 
Palazuelo de las Cuevas, Aliste, Zamora, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 5.5 × 3.7 cm
Weight: 
37.00gr
Description

Nice specimen from Spain with an aesthetic association of variscite in balls of excellent brightness in a beautiful yellow green color in graduated shading and turquoise that occurs as sky blue micro crystals.

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

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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