Wavellite

    Wavellite is a phosphate mineral, normally translucent green. It is found in fractures in aluminous metamorphic rock, in hydrothermal regions and in phosphate rock deposits. Named after William Wavell (?-1829) of England who discovered the mineral.

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Hydrated aluminum phosphate has the chemical formula;

Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃×5H₂O

See also

• List of minerals

References

• Webmineral data