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Vivianite

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An excellent, undamaged cluster of lustrous, thick, green vivianite blades on a bit of matrix from the famous Siglo XX Mine at Llallagua, Bolivia. Ex Ed Ruggiero Collection, who purchased this piece in 1976 in Austin, Texas from Tom McKee. This is superb for the mine. 4.0 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm

Product details

SpeciesVivianite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.0 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityBolivia, Potosí, Siglo Veinte Mine

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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Vivianite
Mineral guide
Learn about Vivianite
color-changing, pleochroic crystals from Bolivia, prized for prisms and velvety luster on matrix; rare, collectible, with light-sensitive care.
Vivianite
Regional guide
Vivianite from Siglo Veinte Mine, Bolivia
from Siglo Veinte Mine, Bolivia - a famed Llallagua locality for blue-green Vivianite and related vauxite-family phosphates, prized by collectors.