Vauxite (very rare)

Item Description

Here we have a beautiful, rare specimen of very well crystallized Vauxite from the type locality for the species, the famous Siglo XX Mine. The best pieces of Vauxite are found at this locality. This thumbnail sized piece features small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite with very minor matrix. We have photographed the crystals with a close up macro lens to show that they are truly terminated crystals and not just a mass. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate. This piece is from the same area where they were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in the Siglo XX Mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. It is so unbelievably rare to find beautifully crystallized specimens of Vauxite, because they only come from one mine in the world in good display specimens.