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Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Ronneburg Uranium Deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

Vein of wavellite running through matrix. On one end is a cavity with hemispherical wavellite crystal clusters up to 15 mm diameter.Beautiful bluegreen radiating wavellite aggregates all over the very old specimen. 

Mineral Data
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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