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Metavariscite & Variscite

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Metavariscite & Variscite

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Description
Locality: 
Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Wellformed intense green colored metavariscite and variscite crystals lining cavities.

Old-time specimen from the 1970s

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metavariscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Edison Bird Mine, Utahlite Hill, Lucin, Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA

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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