Arkansas Wavellite - Think Green
Avant Wavellite - Mauldin Mountain Wavellite
The two major locations for Arkansas wavellite are Mauldin
mountain just west of Mount Ida in Montgomery County and the Avant area
north of Lake Ouachita. Both locations are under BLM preference right
leases. The lease at Mauldin mountain is called the Dustin &
Austin Mine and is owned by Tim Hill. This lease is a small, part
time operation with limited production. The earliest collected site
is near the community of Avant on the northeast end of Lake Ouachita in
Garland County. Some may know the area as Dug Hill, because so many past
collectors have pot-holed the hillside. The deLinde wavellite and variscite
80 acre BLM lease is located to the east of the Dug Hill area and we acquired
it from Mr. deLinde on December 6, 2007. This lease was only mined
for about one week in the early 1970s. It is planned to re-open this
lease in March 2008. Clear Creek Mine is the sole source for marketing/selling
the wavellite from both areas.
Wavellite is a phosphate mineral (hydrated aluminum phosphate),
normally translucent green. It is found in fractures in hydrothermal regions
and in phosphate rock deposits sometimes call Bigfork Chert. The name is
after William Wavell, the English physician who discovered it. Crystals
are rare and wavellite usually forms in hemispherical or globular aggregates
with a radiated structure. These are just a few of the specimens available
from the Mauldin mountain area.
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view.
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5" with deep green cat's eyes up to 3/4" $45 |
4" host rock $30 |
Individual balls on all sides of the 3" specimen $45 |
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2,5" on quartz $15 |
3" deep emerald green $20 |
2" $10 |
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2" $10 |
3" $10 |
$15 |
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$10 |
$5 |
2" emerald green $10 |
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5" base host rock with wavellite cave, 3# $75 |
3" with balls and cat's eyes $40 |
2.5" jade green $10 |
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$20 |
Blue green $15 |
$10 |
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3.4" 3/4" balls $40 |
Lime green balls and deep green cat's eyes $15 |
Emerald green vug with cat's eyes $20 |
How to Order
How to order: Send Email
request, call (870) 867-2443, or write to Stuart Schmitt, 60 Mary's Eagle
Trail, Mount Ida, AR 71957. I offer a money back guarantee on all
my crystal sales. If you're not satisfied, simply return the crystal and
I'll refund your money.
Shipping: Shipping
cost will be added to the order. I usually ship U.S. Post
Office Priority Mail within the US unless otherwise requested and use the
USPS
Postal Calculator to determine shipping costs. I can get 10 to
15 pounds of crystals in the Priority Mail flat rate box for $8.95 shipping
cost. Good news for international orders! The USPS Priority
Mail International Flat Rate Box is just $37 for up to 20 pounds to any
country (Canada and Mexico just $23).
3 Payment Options:
(1) I accept personal checks or money orders (in USD)
and will ship upon receipt of payment.
(2) I accept payment via PayPal. You can register
with PayPal by clicking on this PayPal ICON: 
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(3) I also accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover cards.
You can phone, FAX, or EMAIL your credit card information to me. To insure
secure transfer of credit card information if you choose to order via e-mail,
please submit your credit card information (cc#, expiration date and the
last three numbers in the signature block on the back) in two parts in
two emails.
Now where do you want to go?
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Stuart Schmitt - 60 Mary's Eagle Trail - Mount Ida,
AR 71957 - (870) 867-2443
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