Clay Canyon Vriscite Pendant

Handmade KIller Clay Canyon Variscite Pendant. Hand crafted by Dillon Hartman. Classic disign very nice size. Approx. 1.6" high X 1.1" wide. Stone measures : 19.58 mm x 22.03 mm x 2.71 mm dome. Handmade in Durango , Co USA.

Variscite from the Fairfield - Clay Canyon deposit near Fairfield, Utah was first identified in 1893. Its compact, microcrystalline nature and pleasing color in various shades of green led to early recognition of its use as a semi-precious gemstone. Mining and marketing of the variscite as "chlor-utahlite" on a small scale for the jewelry trade continue up to about the time of the World War 1. Associated with the variscite in nodular masses was a compact banded yellow material that soon found a market as "sabalite" though it was not nearly as popular as variscite. Some of the nodules are sufficiently altered that open pockets have developed. Occasionally crystals of a blue green mineral are to be found and these turned out to be a new mineral which was named "wardite" (Packard, 1896). Strangely, thirty-four years were to pass before another mineralogical paper concerning the unusual phosphate minerals of this deposit was to appear. Eight new minerals were then described and, ten years later, three additional new minerals were named. Subsequently, re-examination of these eleven new minerals led to five being discredited and an additional one was found to have been already described under another name. The remaining five have stood the test of re-examination and appear to be safely established. This is not to say that further work will not add to the sum of knowledge about these five and, perhaps, disclose the presence of additional new minerals.

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