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Wavellite
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Also known as bialite

minerale

Key facts

Mineral.name
Wavellite
Mineral.category
Phosphate minerals
Mineral.image
Wavellite-162460.jpg
Mineral.caption
Wavellite cluster from Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mt., Montgomery County, Arkansas
Mineral.formula
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Wav
Mineral.strunz
8.DC.50
Mineral.system
Orthorhombic
Mineral.class
Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry
Pcmn
Mineral.unit cell
a = 9.621 Å b = 17.363 Å, c = 6.994 Å; Z = 4
Mineral.color
Green to yellowish-green and greenish blue and blue. and yellow, brown, white and colorless
Mineral.habit
Spherical, radial aggregates; striated prisms; crusty to stalactitic
Mineral.cleavage
[110] perfect, [101] good, [010] distinct
Mineral.fracture
Uneven to subconchoidal
Mineral.mohs
3.5 - 4
Mineral.luster
Vitreous to resinous, pearly
Mineral.refractive
nα = 1.518 - 1.535 nβ = 1.524 - 1.543 nγ = 1.544 - 1.561

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Wikidata facts

Image
Wavellit-Quarz-Limonit, Ansicht 2.jpg
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Commons category
Wavellite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
8.DC.50
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
8.DC.50
type locality (geology)
Filleigh
streak color
white
IMA Mineral Symbol
Wav
chemical formula
Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VII/D.06
Sources (2)

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Article · Italiano

La wavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3•5(H2O), fosfato idrato d'alluminio, è un minerale appartenente al gruppo dei Fosfati. Il termine Wavellite deriva dal nome dello scopritore, il Dott. William Wavel.

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