mineral general info

Sparkling green hemispheres of wavellite crystals to 28 mm in diameter are set upon a novaculite breccia matrix.

Origin: Dug Hill, Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.7 x 7.7 x 2.7 cm (top), 3 x 2 x 1.8 cm (2nd row), 5 x 2.5 x 3 cm (bottom)

Origin: El Salvador, Cordillera Domeyko, Atacama Province, Chile

Sample size: 32 x 25 x 28 mm matrix

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

Origin: Moculta, South Australia, Australia

Sample size: unknown

Sample owner: Steve Sorrell

Photo courtesy of:

Steve Sorrell

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Wavellite clusters to 1 mm blanketting turquoise crystals

Wavellite can be locally prolific. The usual associated minerals on which it forms, leucophosphite and turquoise are not even visible beneath this dense mat of ~2 mm clusters

Origin: Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mt Isa, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia

Sample size: 80 x 30 mm (top), about 2 mm clusters (bottom)

Sample owner: Vic Cloete

Photo courtesy of:

Vic Cloete