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Wavellite On Augelite

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Wavellite On Augelite

seller's own find 2007/2008
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Description
Locality: 
Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Kedougou, Senegal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 5.5 × 4.4 cm
Description

Clear white, free-standing wavellite crystals on a very pale blue crust of augelite in vuggy matrix. Wavellite-crystals are very rare in this form; usually you find spherical aggregates.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Augelite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Västanå Iron Mine (Westanå Mine), Näsum, Bromölla, Skåne, Sweden

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