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Wavellite

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Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.3 × 5.9 × 3.7 cm
Description

Attractive specimen featuring crystalline, green spheres of wavellite on matrix from the famous Montgomery Co. Landfill quarries at Mauldin Mountain. Even for this prominent locality a very nice contrast and fine saturation!

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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