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stardiamond gets rocks for Christmas Member since July 2007 Posts: 6,086	Vista Grande Variscite Sept 5, 2020 15:08:39 GMT -5 opalpyrexia and kyoti like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stardiamond on Sept 5, 2020 15:08:39 GMT -5 Ground like a jasper. Not a great polish. I left the white in to help id it.
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SirRoxalot freely admits to licking rocks Member since October 2003 Posts: 790	Vista Grande Variscite Oct 24, 2020 17:13:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SirRoxalot on Oct 24, 2020 17:13:17 GMT -5 If it ground like a jasper, no way it’s variscite. Color is wrong too.

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Vista Grande Variscite Oct 24, 2020 17:36:35 GMT -5

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Oct 24, 2020 17:13:17 GMT -5 SirRoxalot said:

If it ground like a jasper, no way it’s variscite. Color is wrong too.

I am hardly an expert on variscite. I trusted the seller and did some preliminary research. My wife had a box of lucin variscite obtained many years ago and there is a significant difference in hardness between the pieces. I start at 220 grit and if cutting is slow, I will use a worn 80 grit.

This was part of my listing description:

What to look for in this material is the light colored spots which take a nice polish. This piece only had one on the edge but i liked the swirling pattern.

www.bing.com/shop?q=vista+grande+variscite&FORM=SHOPTB

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RWA3006 Cave Dweller Member since March 2009 Posts: 4,644	Vista Grande Variscite Oct 24, 2020 20:14:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RWA3006 on Oct 24, 2020 20:14:40 GMT -5 stardiamond I have many pieces of Lucin variscite and not one looks like yours. Mine is all lighter green and instead of white it is more of a light gray. I wonder what you have there.
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Vista Grande Variscite Oct 24, 2020 20:29:10 GMT -5 RWA3006 likes this

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Oct 24, 2020 20:14:40 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

stardiamond I have many pieces of Lucin variscite and not one looks like yours. Mine is all lighter green and instead of white it is more of a light gray. I wonder what you have there.

It was identified as Vista Grande.

These are the variscites I have on Etsy:

www.etsy.com/shop/stardiamonddesigns?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&search_query=variscite

Second row middle was very hard material.

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Vista Grande Variscite Oct 24, 2020 20:34:24 GMT -5

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Oct 24, 2020 20:29:10 GMT -5 stardiamond said:

Oct 24, 2020 20:14:40 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

stardiamond I have many pieces of Lucin variscite and not one looks like yours. Mine is all lighter green and instead of white it is more of a light gray. I wonder what you have there.

I missed the part that it was Vista Grande. btw, I enjoyed the link!

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Vista Grande Variscite Oct 25, 2020 11:07:09 GMT -5 RWA3006 likes this

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I personally hadn't heard of a "Vista Grande" mine before, but Nevada variscite can have quite different coloring than the blue-green of Utah material. The coloring is consistent with other Candelaria material I've had. The hardness issue can also be explained: as with turquoise, the best stuff occurs near the surface of deposits, where water-borne silica infuses the soft, porous variscite (Mohs 3-4; can be scratched by teeth) and produces naturally harder material. The further down one goes in a deposit (or the further away it is from conditions conducive to silicification), the variscite components become more chalky/soft.

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catmandewe gets rocks for Christmas Contact me for a discount on DP Products. Member since April 2007 Posts: 5,462	Vista Grande Variscite Oct 25, 2020 12:36:31 GMT -5 RWA3006 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by catmandewe on Oct 25, 2020 12:36:31 GMT -5 Vista Grande is in the Candelaria area, just a few miles from the old Candelaria mine actually. Rodney Frisby digs it, he is a long time member here. Tony
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