Fluellite, Metavariscite

Specimen ID: NRX-LX8

Mineral(s)
Fluellite : Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O
Metavariscite : AlPO4·2H2O
Locality
As recorded:
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
Mindat locality:
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Excellent group of Fluellite crystals with well defined faces and edges and good brilliance. Color varies between colorless to yellowish. They show perfectly the truncated bipyramid. On a grey botryoidal aggregate of Metavariscite. All on a black carbonaceous slate matrix.Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra, Spain.Found in 1998-2000Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.3 × 5 cmMain crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Jordi Fabre - 25th April 2008

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Excellent group of Fluellite crystals with well defined faces and edges and good brilliance. Color varies between colorless to yellowish. They show perfectly the truncated bipyramid. On a grey botryoidal aggregate of Metavariscite. All on a black carbonaceous slate matrix.Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra, Spain.Found in 1998-2000Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.3 × 5 cmMain crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Jordi Fabre - 25th April 2008
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