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Wavellite On Quartz

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Wavellite On Quartz

Former stock Bruno Cerato

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Description
Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 2.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
40.00gr
Description

Very good specimen consisting of three pale yellow-green botroids of wavellite, concatenated between them, and perched on top of a quartz drusy. A couple minor flat crystals, which I attribute to individual wavellite, are on a side, pierced by a quartz and forming a small mushroom.

A cute specimen of this phosphate from Bolivia. Former collection and stock Bruno Cerato (Italy).
 

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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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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