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Vauxite & Childrenite

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Description
Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3 × 2.1 cm
Description

This is a super specimen of rare vauxite as numerous blue crystals, scattering the typically, childrenite covered matrix. The vauxite is high lustrous, sharp edged and transparent. The single crystals are perfectly developed as well. 

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

Childrenite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK
Wendel Minerals

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