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Variscite & Wavellite

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Variscite & Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Edi-Chestnut Turquoise Field, Edi, King Valley, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 5.8 × 3 cm
Description

Small lustrous yellow crystals of variscite with translucent white wavellite crystals on a contrasting dark grey slatey matrix

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

Wavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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