Specimen #1589

Name: Wavelite

Type: Mineral

Locality: Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA

Favorite? Y

Fluorescent? N

Size: 6.7 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm

Weight:

Acquired: 2009-09-01

Source: Arkenstone Auction

Label: N

Comment: Classic, ball-shapped aggregates of radiating wavellite crystals, from this old locality. This piece is particularly nice because it has good aesthetics, in displaying the balls upright and freestanding instead of embedded into the matrix

Minerals: Wavellite (Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 5(H2O))

There are 2 pictures on file

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Wavelite, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas - 6.7 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm

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Wavelite, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas