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1 item @ $25.00   30:00

Variscite with Turquoise

#38690

Variscite with Turquoise

#38690
Availability
Sold
Size
7 x 6 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
AlPO4·2H2O (RRUFF)
Locality
Silver Coin mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States
Tagged
phosphate

Good sized crystal clusters of light green, frosty Variscite (red arrow) to 6mm across with blue aggregate of micro Turquoise (green arrow) and little yellowish micro crystals of Lipscombite (blue arrow). 

Variscite

Formula
AlPO4·2H2
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Massive, Encrustations, Reniform 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Earthy (Dull) 
Color
blue green, colorless, green, light green 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
4-5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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