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MD-253912
Vauxite
Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Toenail, 3.1 x 2.1 x 1.0 cm
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Here we have a beautiful, well-crystallized, venetian blue color, very rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite. The piece is actually a thin shell of Vauxite which may formed on top of some kind of clay (decomposed Allophane), which dissolved and left this "crust" of superb blue color Vauxite behind. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate. This piece is from the type locality for this material which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.