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variscite

hydrous aluminium phosphate
Class type of: scorodite mineral group Q415544

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
scorodite mineral group
Chemical formula
Al(PO₄)·2H₂O[4]
Crystal system
orthorhombic crystal system[6]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Var[13]
IMA status and/or rank
approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[7]
Mohs' hardness
+4.5[11]
Named after
Vogtland[3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
8.CD.10[10]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
8.CD.10[9]
Streak color
white[5]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VII/C.05b[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en variscite en amatrice en utahlite ar فاريسيت ar فارسيت de Variszit de Variscit es utahlita es variscita fa واریسیت fr Lucinite fr Alpha-variscite fr Barrandite fr Bolivarite fr Peganite fr Sphaérite fr Utahlite fr Variquoise hu variszcit ja バリサイト
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85142335
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Variscite.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300386476
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/variscite
Freebase ID
/m/03p1sz
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA1967 s.p.
J9U entity ID
987007534288705171
Kivid.info ID
1087
Mindat mineral ID
4156, 25583
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
gemstone/variscite_gemstone, mineral/variscite
Museum-digital tag ID
55557
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1152001
Show all 16 identifiers +4
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
crtL2Kjt70xql
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1001094
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Variscite"]
Yale LUX ID
concept/96391cb6-c2f9-4a08-8076-4e240cbf9438

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🔗 Connections
Crystal system 1
orthorhombic crystal system
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Named after 1
Vogtland
Named after 1
metavariscite
Streak color 1
white
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Summary

variscite is a mineral species[1]. variscite is a type of scorodite mineral group[2].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for variscite include metavariscite[14], a mineral species[15].

Why It Matters

Entities named for variscite include metavariscite[14], a mineral species[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . rruff. wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9h ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [kaa] label: Variscit, import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Mineral", "Variscite"]
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Mineral", "Variscite"], Matched to variscite (#53876992) in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1436|W"
  3. 9w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+4.5'}
    "Created claim: Mohs' hardness: 4.5, batch #270249"
  4. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → scorodite mineral group
    Crystal system → orthorhombic crystal system
    Instance of → mineral species
    IMA status and/or rank → approved mineral and/or valid name (A)
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007534288705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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