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Waylandite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Alto das Furnas, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 3.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

small brownish diamond-luster crystals, very rich on vugs on massive aggregates of pure waylandite, some with quartz and muscovite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Waylandite

Formula: 
BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Wampewo Hill, Busiiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso District, Uganda