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Vauxite

$6,500.00

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This is a relatively large specimen of this classic old Bolivian material to have survived intact for decades. It would have come out in the 1980s from a remarkable discovery considered best of species by many for the size and beauty of these sparkling crystal plates. This is a beautiful, shimmering plate of solid vauxite, composed of thousands of small crystals, and they are unique in this style to this find and place and almost unheard of from other locations so this has both rarity and beauty going for it. It has a nice aesthetic curvature, as well. A major example of this extreme rarity, in a size seldom seen. ex Paul Stahl collection

Product details

SpeciesVauxite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.8 x 5.6 x 1.4 cm
Listed on12/02/2024
SKURC21-42
Current owner
3,403 for sale·Member since 2026

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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.
Locality guide
Siglo Veinte Mine
Siglo Veinte Mine, Bolivia — a famed locality uniting tin ore bodies, historic camp status, and delicate hydrated phosphates prized by collectors.