Min. [Named 1805 after Dr. W. Wavel its discoverer: see -ITE.] Hydrous phosphate of aluminium, found in globular aggregates with a radiated structure.
1805. Phil. Trans., XCV. 162.
1822. G. Young, Geol. Surv. Coast Yorks. (1828), 129. Silky crystals, resembling wavellite.
1885. Encycl. Brit., XVIII. 818/1.
