Formula: AlPO₄ · 2H₂O

Species:

Colour: Light green; colourless in transmitted light.

Lustre: Sub-Adamantine, Vitreous, Sub-Vitreous

Hardness: 3½

Specific Gravity: 2.51 – 2.54

Crystal System: Monoclinic

Member of: Metavariscite Group The monoclinic dimorph of Variscite.

Name: Named in 1927 by Esper S. Larsen and Waldemar T. Schaller in allusion to its dimorphous relationship to Variscite.

Type Locality: Edison Bird Mine, Utahlite Hill, Lucin Mining District, Box Elder County, Utah – USA

Dimorph of: Variscite