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QUALITY ROUGH
VARASITE-SPIDER WEB
This is a natural thick slab of varasite ready for polishing
or carving.It was mined in west Australia
We have taken a picture of the rough wet.
Variscite is a hydrated aluminium phosphate.
This rough is from a new variscite discovery in 2003 in west
australia . This new deposit is producing an exciting range of colours ranging
from delicate lime greens to darker, gemmy material close to the colour of top
grade chrysoprase through to a deep, translucent emerald green.
The most unusual feature of the variscite is its association
with gold. Gold is unevenly distributed in the variscite specimens, and ranges
from discrete fine grains to visible concentrations in the variscite . There
are also larger single grains in the rock matrix. Assays of up to 17 g/t Au
have been returned from some samples
Much of the newly mined stone is also webbed….an added
bonus as “spiderweb variscite” is a highly sought after material for
cutting cabochons.