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Evansite

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Description
Locality: 
Železník, Sirk, Revúca County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Evansite is blueish pearly botryoidal phosphate mineral. Extremely rare  material coming from old collections only. Type locality sample.

Ex. Rudolf Ďuďa collection

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Evansite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)(OH)6·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Železník (Vashegy), Sirk, Revúca Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia