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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: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

Apple-green massive metavariscite and variscite.

Found in the 1970s.

Ex collection Dipl. Min. Manfred Schaeffer, Detmold - with handwritten

label

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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