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Wavellite Var Wavellite

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Wavellite Var Wavellite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.8 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

A desirable species from classic Romanian locality!

This old specimen is superb example of this rare, only one time find in 1860´s. Lustrous orange wavellite balls up to 1,3 cm with numerous smaller yellow aggregates are aesthetically perched on quartz crystals.

Specimen is accompanied with nice original old 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