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Wavellite & Quartz

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Wavellite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm
Description

Groups of cream colored, sphere-shaped wavellite aggregates, disposed on a matrix covered by prismatic brilliant quartz crystals. Some of them on the quartz.

 

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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