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Aheylite : (Fe2+,Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2 · 4H2O

Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Spherical aggregates of Aheylite crystals from Huanuni, Bolivia. Field of view: 5 mm. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
 © Knut EldjarnPhoto ID: 52454    View Count: 505

Aheylite : (Fe2+,Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2 · 4H2O

Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Aggregates of Aheylite crystals to 0,5 mm from Huanuni, Bolivia. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
 © Knut EldjarnPhoto ID: 57264    View Count: 381

Aheylite : (Fe2+,Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2 · 4H2O, Wavellite : Al3[(OH,F)3|(PO4)2] · 5H2O

Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Spherical translucent crystal aggregates of aheylite, on wavellite. Spheres from 0.02 to 0.04 cm. Specimen courtesy of Excalibur Mineral Company. S318-08
 © 2007, JGWPhoto ID: 137930    View Count: 441

Aheylite : (Fe2+,Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2 · 4H2O

Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Approx 10cm across. Mineral Classics specimen, Denver 2008
 © J.Ralph 2008Photo ID: 185227    View Count: 557

Aheylite : (Fe2+,Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2 · 4H2O, Cassiterite : SnO2

Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

6.3 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm. Aheylite is all of the nearly solid covering of greenish-colored botryoidal crystal aggregates on black cassiterite, here. The small acicular crystals are a rare habit of wavellite, surprisingly (sometimes mistaken for single aheylite crystals). X-Ray confirmed. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 177428    View Count: 156

Aheylite : (Fe2+,Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2 · 4H2O, Cassiterite : SnO2

Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

3.5 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm. Pastel blue, translucent, spheres to .2 cm across of the very rare phosphate, aheylite, are perched on very lustrous crystals of cassiterite, to .6 cm across, along with colorless, quartz crystals. Aheylite, a hydrated, iron, aluminum, phosphate. Ex. Brian Kosnar.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 177845    View Count: 153

Multiple photos availableAheylite : (Fe2+,Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2 · 4H2O, Cassiterite : SnO2, Pyrite : FeS2, Quartz : SiO2

Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Specimen Size: 6.0 x 5.1 x 1.5 cm. This piece is one of the type specimens for Aheylite. It was used in the original description of the species by Gene Foord in 1983. It hosts dozens of pale powder-blue spherical aggregates of Aheylite measuring between 2-3 mm which are sitting atop lustrous black Cassiterite, translucent to transparent ...
 © Brian Kosnar - Mineral ClassicsPhoto ID: 233839    View Count: 70
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