This variscite comes from Lucin, Utah. Lucin is located in the northwest panhandle corner of Utah. Originally a railroad town, the Southern Pacific abandoned the line in 1936. Old-time railroaders settled into the town with their children. Sadly now, the buildings are all gone and all is left is two concrete phone booths and some fruit cellars.
Lucin is a favorite for rock hounds in search of relatively rare green treasure. Variscite is associated with phosphate deposits. When grinding this piece, I had to grind off the white phosphate-rich matrix to determine creative direction. This piece is a relatively monotone green. Other pieces have contained an interplay of the above color with a darker Kelly green and/or a spider web pattern.
Back to Lucin...... There is a famous landscape art piece called the sun tunnels there. It was created by a female artist in the 1970's and sadly, I forgot her name..... Oh yeah and a concrete phone booth for the halibut....
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