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Fluellite & Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Willard Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 4 × 2.2 cm
Description

A specimen of fluellite crystals with some wavellite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluellite

Formula: 
Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Stenna Gwyn Mine (Stennagwyn Mine), Foxhole, St Stephen-in-Brannel, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK

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