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Fluorwavellite

EDS verified specimen no 19-04-05-39

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Description
Locality: 
Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Lahnau, Lahn-Dill, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Colourless fluorwavellite from the Rotläufchen mine. Analysed specimen no 19-04-05-39. Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorwavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3½ - 4
Colour: 
Green to yellowish-green and yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA Or Wood Mine, Del Rio, Del Rio District, Cocke Co., Tennessee, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Fluorwavellite