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Evansite

Year of discovery: 1864 (Železník (Vashegy), Slovakia), 1962 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of evansite

• Al₃PO₄(OH)₆,6H₂O
• [Al³⁺₃][(OH)₆|PO₄]^9-,6H₂O

• Class: Phosphate - Hydroxide - Hydrate
• Soluble in: HCl, HNO₃, H₂SO₄

• Color: Colorless, White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Habit: Amorphous

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 3.5-4
• Density: 2.0

• System: Amorphous