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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VARISCITE , a native hydrous See also:

aluminium phosphate, A1PO4.2H20, named by A. Breithaupt, in 1837, in consequence of its occurrence in the Saxon Voigtland (Variscia). It is a See also:green See also:mineral generally occurring as an incrustation or in nodules. A compact nodular variety was discovered about 1894 in See also:Cedar Valley, near Old See also:Camp See also:Floyd, See also:Utah, and was described by Dr G. F. Kunz as utahlite. Its beautiful See also:apple-green See also:colour has led to its use, when cut and polished, as an ornamental See also:stone. The See also:term utahlite must be distinguished from utahite, the name given by A. Arzruni to a basic ferric sulphate, 3(FeO)2SO4.4H20, from Utah.

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