Call number:
Phosphate Minerals
D63 (17)
D63 (17)
Classification:
Phosphates
Name:
Wavellite
Translated title:
Wavellite
Place of origin:
Montgomery Co./Arkansas, U.S.A.
Depositional environment:
Secondary mineral common in aluminous low-grade metamorphic rocks and phosphate rocks. A secondary mineral of aluminous low-grade metamorphic rocks, in phosphate and limonitic deposits; more rarely as a late-forming hydrothermal vein mineral.
Description:
Secondary mineral common in aluminous low-grade metamorphic rocks and phosphate rocks. A secondary mineral of aluminous low-grade metamorphic rocks, in phosphate and limonitic deposits; more rarely as a late-forming hydrothermal vein mineral.
Chemical formula:
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3*5H2O
Crystal system:
Orthorhombic
Crystal schema:
Dipyramidal
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