Wavellite (ex Gary Hansen)

Item Description

A really attractive and showy specimen of velvety, green Wavellite botryoids from the famous Dug Hill locality in Arkansas. The largest complete "ball" measures 1.7 cm across, which is good for the locality Classic material, and certainly some of the most beloved Wavellite in the world for color. Typically, the spheres from this locality are broken / contacted because of the nature of the mining process and how the pieces formed. This piece does have a few complete undamaged spheres, though some of the broken spheres on the back are larger than the 1.7 cm "ball" on the front side. The piece comes with an old label from dealer Gary Hansen, and actually has a note in the corner referencing the Mineralogical Record (Vol. 4, No. 6, Pg. 294 - a couple paragraphs talking about a rejuvenation at Dug Hill in "What's New in Minerals" back in 1973 where they mention that the color is caused by Vanadium).