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Vivianite

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This is a fine, old locality specimen of Vivianite from Bolivia. This small cabinet size piece features beautiful, semi-lustrous, gemmy, blue green, prismatic crystals of Vivianite measuring up to 1.3 cm associated with tan discs of Siderite with a "dusting" of black Sphalerite on matrix. This material is rarely seen in today and this particular specimen is at least 25 years old.

Product details

SpeciesVivianite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.5 x 5.1 x 3.2 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.