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Vauxite

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A beautiful and remarkable vauxite specimen with great blue color, an unusual cornflower blue. The translucent and lustrous crystals are well formed and are in extremely rare radial aggregates on clay matrix. Vauxite is a very rare phosphate. This specimen has excellent color, form and is very rich. It's a stellar example of colorful vauxite of an unusual and rare variety. Ex. Tarnowski Collection.

Product details

SpeciesVauxite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.2 x 3.2 x 1.8 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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Vauxite
Mineral guide
Learn about Vauxite
a rare hydrated iron–aluminum phosphate with sky-to-cornflower-blue rosettes and delicate micaceous laths; Bolivian localities mark its rarity.
Vauxite
Regional guide
Vauxite from Siglo Veinte Mine, Bolivia
from Siglo Veinte Mine, Bolivia: rare blue phosphate crystals in radiating aggregates, Bolivian type locality prized for rarity and provenance.