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))
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