Wavellite, Pseudomalachite

Specimen ID: JWL-984

Mineral(s)
Wavellite : Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Pseudomalachite : Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
6.2cm x 3.4cm x 3.1cm
Events

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6.2 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm. A very rarely seen example of white radial wavellite on green pseudomalachite on host rock matrix from the Tyrone Mine in New Mexico. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#9985). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).
Robert Lavinsky - 5th December 2017

Photo added to mindat.org

6.2 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm. A very rarely seen example of white radial wavellite on green pseudomalachite on host rock matrix from the Tyrone Mine in New Mexico. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#9985). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).
Robert Lavinsky - 5th December 2017

Photo added to mindat.org

6.2 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm. A very rarely seen example of white radial wavellite on green pseudomalachite on host rock matrix from the Tyrone Mine in New Mexico. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#9985). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).
Robert Lavinsky - 5th December 2017

Photo added to mindat.org

6.2 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm. A very rarely seen example of white radial wavellite on green pseudomalachite on host rock matrix from the Tyrone Mine in New Mexico. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#9985). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).
Robert Lavinsky - 5th December 2017
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