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Wavellite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Lichtenberg Open Cast, Ronneburg Uranium Deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6 × 3.3 cm
Description

Collected in 1963-65, an unusual wavellite specimen for this classic locality with a good coverage, all around the sample, of yellow, green and blue spherical and radiating wavellite sprays on quartz matrix instead of the usual slate matrix..

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Wavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK
Cartils Minerals

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