Wavellite

On this page you will find a selection of Wavellite specimens we have for sale. The specimens we have are from Arkansas. But first a little more about Wavellite.

Collector Intrest:

It’s easy to see why mineral collectors would be interested in wavellite as it comes in a variety of attractive colors – rarely white, yellow and black in addition to the blue and green examples shown here. It also has a visually interesting growth habit; it grows in botryoidal (grape-like) spheres that internally consist of a radiating array of slender crystals that resembles an eye. – Arkansas Geological Survey

Properties:

Formula: Al3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O	Luster: Vitreous, Greasy, Pearly
Hardness: 3½ – 4	Streak: White
Type Locality: High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

Wavellite is a secondary mineral found most often in aluminous, low-grade metamorphic rocks. Usually found as radiating “starburst” clusters of green to yellow-green fibrous crystals on fracture surfaces in the matrix, these may grade into globular aggregates; more rarely in chalcedony-like or opaline masses, or stalactic; very rare as good distinct crystals. – MinDat