| 1. | Variscite often contains white veins of the calcium aluminium phosphate mineral crandallite.
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| 2. | It occurs in association with dufrenite, apatite, fluellite, wavellite, variscite and leucophosphite.
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| 3. | Variscite from Nevada typically contains black spiderwebbing in the matrix and is often confused with green turquoise.
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| 4. | Most of the Nevada variscite recovered in recent decades has come from mines located in Lander County.
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| 5. | Appreciation of the color ranges typically found in variscite have made it a popular gem in recent years.
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| 6. | The dihydrate, AlPO 4 ?H 2 O is found as the minerals variscite and meta-variscite.
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| 7. | The dihydrate, AlPO 4 ?H 2 O is found as the minerals variscite and meta-variscite.
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| 8. | Variscite is sometimes used as a semi-precious stone, and is popular for carvings and ornamental use.
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| 9. | At times, materials which may be turquoise or may be variscite have been marketed as " variquoise ".
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| 10. | Stones which are opaque or semi-opaque such as opal, turquoise, variscite, etc . are commonly cut as cabochons.
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