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wavellite

aluminium phosphate basic hydrate mineral
Class type of: phosphate mineral Q420505

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
phosphate mineral
Chemical formula
Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O[4]
Crystal system
orthorhombic crystal system[6]
Described by source
An Account of Some Analytical Experiments on a Mineral Production from Devonshire Consisting Principally of Alumine and Water, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13][14][15][16][17][18]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Wav[20]
IMA status and/or rank
approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[7]
Named after
William Wavell[3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
8.DC.50[12]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
8.DC.50[11]
Point group
orthorhombic-bipyramidal[8]
Space group
space group 62[9]
Streak color
white[5]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VII/D.06[10]
Type locality (geology)
Filleigh[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en bialite en wavellite ar ويفيليت cs Wavelit de Wavellit de Fischerit de Lasionit es wavelita es wavellita fa واولیت ja 銀星石 ko 은성석는 nl wavelliet pl Wavelit ru вавеллит ru фишерит th เวฟไลต์ uk вавеліт zh 磷铝石 zh-hant 磷鋁石
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85145788
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wavellit-Quarz-Limonit, Ansicht 2.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
01210085n
Dana 8th edition
42.10.2.1
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/wavellite
Freebase ID
/m/067jjm
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
wavellita
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0151341
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA1971 s.p.
J9U entity ID
987007553504405171
KBpedia ID
Wavellite
Kivid.info ID
476
Show all 17 identifiers +5
Mindat mineral ID
5447
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/wavellite
Museum-digital tag ID
28540
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1030920
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Wavellite"]

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Crystal system 1
orthorhombic crystal system
Named after 1
fluorwavellite
Streak color 1
white
Subclass of 1
phosphate mineral
Type locality (geology) 1
Filleigh
← Made from material 1
phosphorus
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Summary

wavellite is a mineral species[1]. wavellite is a type of phosphate mineral[2].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for wavellite include fluorwavellite[21], a mineral species[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for wavellite include fluorwavellite[21], a mineral species[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . handbookofmineralogy.org. handbookofmineralogy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Q43473845. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . An Account of Some Analytical Experiments on a Mineral Production from Devonshire Consisting Principally of Alumine and Water. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23h ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [kaa] label: Vavellit, import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Mineral", "Wavellite"]
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Mineral", "Wavellite"], Matched to wavellite (#53877085) in W…"
  3. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → orthorhombic-bipyramidal
    "Created claim: Point group: orthorhombic-bipyramidal, batch #269342"
  4. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → phosphate mineral
    Space group → space group 62
    Crystal system → orthorhombic crystal system
    Instance of → mineral species
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007553504405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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