Locality type: | Hill |
Classification |
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Species: | Evansite |
Formula: | Al3(PO4)(OH)6 · 6H2O |
Comments: | "At Mont des Groseilliers (Blaton), the halloysite contains grainy cores and veinlets of a resinous phosphate and silica-bearing substance. It is made up of glassy, clear, colorless to pale brown grains showing a green fluorescence under UV. Van Tassel (1959) considers the substance to be a mixture of allophane and evansite." (Hatert et al., 2002) |
Colour: | colourless to light brown |
Luminescent properties: | green (UV) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Evansite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 619418 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:619418:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | bd8d824d-28b6-467f-850d-e1cc715ea78d |
References |
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Peacor, D.R., Dunn, P.J., Simmons, W.B., Ramik, R.A. (1987) Ferristrunzite, a new member of the strunzite group from Blaton, Belgium. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1987, 453-457. |