Wavellite

Origin: Tom's quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Slate Mt., El Dorado Co., California, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

 
  
Origin: County Pit, Mauldin Mtn., Arkansas, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.5 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm
 
  
Wavellite on cassiterite
Origin: Llallagua , Potosi Dept, Bolivia
Sample size: 9 x 7 x 4 cm
 
  
Origin: Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9 x 8 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: High Down, Filleigh near Barnstaple, Devon, U.K.
Sample size: 3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Garland Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 5.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mt., El Dorado Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.8 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Origin: Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia
Eaton Collection
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Redball, Piedmont, Alabama, United States
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm
 
  
White or clear prismatic sprays of wavellite to 0.5 mm with blue micro crystal aggregates of turqouise.
Origin: Silver Coin mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm
 
  
Origin: Willard mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States
Ex. Eaton collection
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
Acicular crystals to 3 mm in vugs with associated lithiophorite
Origin: Bihain, Stavelot Massif, Ardennes, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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