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Wavellite With Variscite

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Wavellite With Variscite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Langenstriegis, Frankenberg, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Weight: 
66.00gr
Description

A lime-green, radiating aggregate of wavellite with 9 mm diameter on siliceous shale matrix, accompanied by green variscite.

From old Dr. Krantz stock, comes with two nice antique labels. The labels mean: "Wavellit mit Peganit auf Kieselschiefer von Langenstriegis b. Frankenberg" (Wavellite with variscite on siliceous shale from Langenstriegis near Frankenberg).
'Peganit' s an old synonym for variscite.

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

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

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