Lucin Variscite Shadowbox Pendant + 16" Beaded Sterling Silver Chain

Description : This tiny pendant highlights this gorgeous natural green Variscite stone - the small shadowbox effect around the stone really makes it pop. It's simple and elegant and perfectly showcases this stone! This pendant comes featured on an 16 beaded sterling silver chain unless upgraded or chosen as pendant only!

Lucin Variscite (normally called Utah Variscite) is probably the most recognized Variscite in the world. It comes from a hill near Lucin (also known as Umbria Junction) which is an abandoned railroad community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, along the western side of the Great Salt Lake, 162 miles (261 km) northwest of Salt Lake City. This deposit is owned by Union Pacific Railroad and is currently not being mined. Rockhounds have collected high grade specimens from this mine for decades. Collecting is no longer allowed in this area, making old time collections very valuable.

Variscite is one of the most sought after minerals in the entire mineral collecting world.  Variscite is a hydrated aluminum phosphate mineral. It is a relatively rare phosphate mineral that is formed by phosphate rich water deposits that react with aluminum rich rocks in a near-surface environment.

Size/Length : This pendant is about 3/4 of an inch from the top of the jump rings to the bottom of the pendant and measures 1/2 of an inch at its widest.

Materials : Sterling Silver, Lucin Variscite