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MD-242336
Paravauxite
Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Cabinet, 10.1 x 7.4 x 4.6 cm
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This piece features fine, very rare, sharp, sparkling, lustrous, light-green crystals of Paravauxite measuring up to 9 mm on matrix. This specimen is from the type locality for the species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book "Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia." This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.