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Variscite

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Variscite slice, 27 cm, from the Little Green Monster mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah County, Utah. Illustrated in Rock and Gem, volume 43, number 4 (April 2013 cover). Photo by Jeff Scovil.

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SpeciesVariscite
SizeLarge Cabinet
Dimensions27.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, Utah, Clay Canyon Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 45
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Russell E. Behnke

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Variscite
Mineral guide
Learn about Variscite
green hues with spiderweb patterns; valued nodules and micro-mounts for collecting and jewelry, sourced from Utah, Nevada, Germany, Brazil.
Variscite
Regional guide
Variscite from Clay Canyon Mine, Utah, USA
Clay Canyon, Utah — renowned phosphate locality yielding variscite nodules and rare phosphates like englishite and wardite; prized by collectors.
Locality guide
Clay Canyon Mine
Clay Canyon Mine, USA: Utah locality famed for variscite nodules (Little Green Monster) and as type locality for wardite, millisite, montgomeryite—historic pho…