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Wavellite from
Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Wavellite | |
| Formula: | Al3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O | |
| Comments: | "Colourless to white, prismatic wavellite crystals up to 1 mm long occur rarely, forming fibrous radiating aggregates in cavities with pale blue turquoise. The mineral has also been found as flattened radiating aggregates of pale blue crystals on joint planes in the granite." | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Variscite | 5 | |
| Turquoise | 5 | |
| Quartz | 2 | |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 | |
| Opal | 1 | |
| - var Opal-AN | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Wavellite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 67159 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:67159:8 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| References | ||
Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia