PARAVAUXITE with CHILDRENITE - Llallagua, Bolivia

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ColorsCream, Brown
SizeSmall
Dimensions3.7 x 5.6 x 2.3 cm
Species
Description
An excellent specimen of the rare hydrated iron-aluminium phosphate hydroxide Paravauxite as very pale-yellow creamy-white laths up to 0.8 cm long with occasional overgrowths of pale caramel-tan Childrenite as micro-crystalline druses. A very rich specimen of the rare pegmatite mineral Paravauxite from its type locality at Llallagua in Rafael Bustillo Province, Bolivia.
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