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Aluminum basic phosphate mineral with the formula Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH,F)₃·5H₂O, 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.
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