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Wavellite

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Description
Locality: 
Hemer, Iserlohn, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

The botryoidal lightly caramel-colored aggregates grow almost freely in lime.

This specimen was broken off a "chain" of those aggregates, showing the radial crystal growth of the wavellite.

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

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