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Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Langenstriegis, Frankenberg, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Beautiful yellow-green sprays of wavellite on matrix.

Ex Wolfgang Schneider collection

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