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Wavellite

ex Mrs. Dora Pawlowski
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Hardtkopf, Hellefeld, Sundern, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

White to translucent wavellite balls with diameter to 1.3 cm. It`s found on 02.09.1996 by Dora Pawlowski, authoress of german book: mineralfundstellen im Sauerland, publisher Weise, Munich.

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