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Variscite & Wavellite

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Variscite & Wavellite

ex collection Helmuth Hatton
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Description
Locality: 
Stockum Quarry, Sundern, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

Green variscite and white, botryoidal wavellite. Very good, rare sample for this locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Variscite

Formula: 
AlPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Meßbach Quarry, Meßbach, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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

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