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metavariscite

phosphate mineral
Class type of: phosphosiderite mineral group Q3855560

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
phosphosiderite mineral group[5]
Chemical formula
AlPO₄·2H₂O[4]
Crystal system
monoclinic crystal system[6]
Described by source
The identity of variscite and peganite and the dimorphous form, metavariscite[12]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Mvar[14]
IMA status and/or rank
approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[7]
Mohs' hardness
+3.5[11]
Named after
meta-, variscite[2][3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
8.CD.05[10]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
8.CD.05[9]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VII/C.05a[8]
Type locality (geology)
Lucin[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en metavariscite de Clinovariscit de Metavariscit uk Кліноварисцит uk Метаварисцит
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Metavariscite-120503.jpg ↗
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12333l0x
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA1967 s.p.
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/metavariscite

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🔗 Connections
Named after 2
meta-, variscite
Crystal system 1
monoclinic crystal system
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Summary

metavariscite is a mineral species[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mohs' hardness → 3.5
    Described by source → The identity of variscite and peganite and the dimorphous fo
    Instance of → mineral species
    Named after → meta-, variscite
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Mohs' hardness: 3.5, batch #270249"
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