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BlueWood

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Lucin Variscite
« on: February 12, 2021, 01:33:15 PM »
4.0 inch sphere.
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Re: Lucin Variscite
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2021, 03:08:16 PM »
Don't recall seeing many Variscite spheres. What I've heard lately says there isn't much of it left out there. Did you collect that yourself?
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Re: Lucin Variscite
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2021, 12:44:29 PM »
No, Its a piece I pick up somewhere.  The Variscite is under claim.  I have seen it and its a pretty big pit with lots of material that could be mined.
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Eddie P

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Re: Lucin Variscite
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2021, 03:26:58 PM »
Gorgeous green fragmented by the white breccia. Lovely result
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Re: Lucin Variscite
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2021, 05:57:22 PM »
Quite nice, for that kind of color I like it better in a sphere or other object than as jewelry, honestly. Not a color I'd wear but still stunning in stone.
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Re: Lucin Variscite
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2021, 10:43:40 AM »
Beautiful work! Some of the gray areas (crandallite, I presume?) appear translucent in the photo, is that really the case? Surprisingly to me, the IGS Website even states that variscite can be translucent - I've never seen that before.
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Re: Lucin Variscite
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2021, 08:06:02 AM »
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Re: Lucin Variscite
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2021, 02:29:05 PM »
R.U. Sirius.  No it’s not translucent.  Some variscite is more deeper green and more gemmy then the light material.
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Re: Lucin Variscite
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2021, 03:35:10 PM »
That first photo looks like parts of an ice shelf are breaking off and floating out to a beautiful green colored sea.  Great sphere!
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