wavellite
a hydrous aluminum fluorophosphate occurring as white to yellowish-green or brown aggregates of radiating fibers.
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Quartz ought to exist in a state of hydrate, and wavellite, not Corundum, ought to be the state of alumina in granite.
The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2) | John Ayrton ParisBut how is it that they are subdued into that spherical obedience, like a crystal of wavellite?
Proserpina, Volume 1 | John Ruskin
British Dictionary definitions for wavellite
/ (ˈweɪvəˌlaɪt) /
a greyish-white, yellow, or brown mineral consisting of hydrated basic aluminium phosphate in radiating clusters of small orthorhombic crystals. Formula: Al 3 (PO 4) 2 (OH) 3 .5H 2 O
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