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Wavellite & Turquoise

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Wavellite & Turquoise

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Description
Locality: 
Sitio do Cobre Mine, Vila Velha de Ródão, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm
Description

Lots of wavellite crystals inside a quartz vug. Turquoise is also present as small blue crystals.

Collected: 
2021
Boxed with Label
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

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0