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

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aluminium phosphate, A1PO4.2H20, named by A . Breithaupt, in 1837, in consequence of its occurrence in the Saxon Voigtland (Variscia) . It is a
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green
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mineral generally occurring as an incrustation or in nodules . A compact nodular variety was discovered about 1894 in
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Cedar Valley, near Old
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Camp
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Floyd,
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Utah, and was described by Dr G . F . Kunz as utahlite . Its beautiful
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apple-green
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colour has led to its use, when cut and polished, as an ornamental
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stone . The
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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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