Claudia Zahn @Adrenochrome
has posted some astounding photos of #Wavellite over the last year. Below are two, but search the hashtag to see the whole collection!

#MinCup25 #Phosphate #MIneralogy #Arkansas

I maintain that this is a rude matchup. Ruuuuude. I'm gonna delay my vote til morning - someone poke me in like 10 hours or something - but also I need a cute bit of #wavellite for reasons of "gimme rocks pls thx".

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#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 10: Itโ€™s a green, green world for kiwi #Wavellite vs desert emerald #Dioptase.

Will it be revenge or a repeat in this rematch of the 2024 quarterfinals?

VOTE: https://www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1m10

Check results: https://www.mineralcup.org/2025/results/r1m10

Vote in Round 1 Match 10 โ€” Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Dioptase vs Wavellite Photo Credit: Smithsonian Institution

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#Dioptase vs #wavellite is not fair this early in the bracket ๐Ÿ’€

But ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€ that's a whole lot of minerals I'm not familiar with this year! Time to get started on doing some looking up and picking my faves - and deciding what merits I'm voting on this year. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

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Look At This Incredible Arkansas #Wavellite.

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By #GeologyWonders
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#Wavellite crystals #Arkansas #USA

Aluminum basic phosphate mineral with the formula Alโ‚ƒ(POโ‚„)โ‚‚(OH,F)โ‚ƒยท5Hโ‚‚O, typically appearing in green to yellowish-green hues.
It was named in 1805 by William Babington in honor of Dr. William Wavell, a Devon-based physician and naturalist.
Wavellite commonly forms in fractures of aluminous metamorphic rocks.
๐Ÿ“ท Golden Hour Minerals

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Stunning Green/Blue Radial #Wavellite from Garland County, Arkansas, #USA.

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Stunning Green/Blue Radial #Wavellite from Garland County, Arkansas, #USA.
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By #GeologyWonders
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#MinCup24

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Congratulations, #Dioptase Your exotic desert beauty and rich emerald green have clinched the win. Farewell #Wavellite. We await the return of the charming kiwi mineral next year.

As of this round of the #mincup24 vote, I chose #Dioptase over #Wavellite  since I own more specimens (obviously, I bought more because I loved it more, for the emerald color and its variety of localities).  

Pic1. Mindouli, R. Congo
Pic2. Tsumeb, Namibia
Pic3. Christmas Mine, AZ, USA
Pic4. Kaokoveld, Namibia