Very esthetic small specimen of this well-known Bolivian classic! This specimen shows individual crystals and crystal 'bowties' of paravauxite on a thin crust of micro Sigloite xls. Sigloite is one of the rare phosphate minerals from LLallagua.
Vauxite with metavauxite and paravauxite
stock #7AE-196
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua
Bustillos Province, Potosi Department,,
Bolivia
13.4x7 CM (cabinet)
price: $600
Three rare mineral in well formed crystals on one matrix (with wavellite and quartz too) from the type locality. Excellent robins egg blue, lustrous xls of Vauxite densely encrusting this matrix with micros of the other species scattered within. This is about as fine an example of this mineral as has ever been found, and the matrix is far larger than most.
