Thereof, what is Wavellite mineral?
Wavellite, hydrated aluminum phosphate [Al3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O], a common phosphate mineral that typically occurs as translucent, greenish, globular masses in crevices in aluminous metamorphic rocks, in limonite and phosphate-rock deposits, and in hydrothermal veins.
One may also ask, where is Wavellite from? Hot Springs, Arkansas produces wavellites in fine, spherical and radial groups of acicular crystals. The type locality, High Down Quarry, Devon, England, also produces excellent specimens.
In this way, is Wavellite a gemstone?
It occurs in association with crandallite and variscite in fractures in aluminous metamorphic rock, in hydrothermal regions and in phosphate rock deposits. It is found in a wide variety of locations notably in the Mount Ida, Arkansas area in the Ouachita Mountains. It is sometimes used as a gemstone.
Is Wavellite rare?
Wavellite is a rare phosphate mineral that crystallizes in the form of clusters, stalactites, skinny needle-like crystals, or as a spherical structure.
