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Vauxite With Paravauxite

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QRI648908

Vauxite With Paravauxite

Former stock Bruno Cerato
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Weight: 
22.00gr
Description

Colorful and rich thumbnail featuring a multilayer carpet of blue vauxite crystals, then covered by idiomorph white paravauxite. The crystals are several hundreds, and mostly well formed, in good shape, color and luster.

A great specimen for these rare phosphates. From the former stock and collection of Bruno Cerato (Italy).

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vauxite

Formula: 
Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.35
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosí Department, Bolivia

Paravauxite

Formula: 
Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosí Department, Bolivia

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