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G. (1922) Preliminary notes on vauxite and paravauxite. \u003Ci>Science\u003C\u002Fi>,  56 (1437) 50 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1126\u002Fscience.56.1437.50'>doi:10.1126\u002Fscience.56.1437.50\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1126\u002Fscience.56.1437.50",{"id":194,"year":195,"html":196,"doi":11},16119484,1923,"Gordon (1923) Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia: 75: 261.",{"id":198,"year":199,"html":200,"doi":11},16955172,1944,"Gordon, Samuel G. (1944) The mineralogy of the tin mines of Cerro de Llallagua, Bolivia. \u003Ci>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia\u003C\u002Fi>,  96. 279-359",{"id":202,"year":203,"html":204,"doi":11},1118652,1951,"Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.",{"id":206,"year":207,"html":208,"doi":11},523641,1962,"Hurlbut, Cornelius S., Honea, Russell (1962) Sigloite, a new mineral from Llallagua, Bolivia. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  47 (1-2) 1-8 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM47\u002FAM47_1.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":210,"year":211,"html":212,"doi":11},17031486,1969,"Baur, W. H. (1969) The crystal structure of paravauxite, Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>•2H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O. \u003Ci>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte\u003C\u002Fi>,  1969. 430-433",{"id":214,"year":215,"html":216,"doi":11},16771790,2000,"Anthony, John Williams, Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. (2000) \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> Vol. 4 - Arsenates, phosphates, vanadates. Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, Arizona.",{"id":218,"year":219,"html":220,"doi":11},16966575,2005,"(2005) Paravauxite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fparavauxite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":222,"year":223,"html":224,"doi":225},16394356,2013,"Frost, Ray L., Scholz, Ricardo, Lópes, Andrés, Xi, Yunfei, Gobac, Željka Žigovečki, Horta, Laura Frota Campos (2013) Raman and infrared spectroscopic characterization of the phosphate mineral paravauxite Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>⋅8H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O. \u003Ci>Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>,  116. 491-496 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2013.07.048'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2013.07.048\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2013.07.048",[227,237,245,253,261,269,277,287,295,303,311,318,325,332,339,345,352,359,366,373,380,387,393,399,406,414,420,427,434,441,448,455,461,468,475,481,488,494,501,508,514,521,527,534,541,547,552,559,566,572,579,586,592,600,607,614,621,628,635,642,649,655,662,669,675,682,687,694],{"id":228,"source_url":229,"license_code":230,"credit_html":231,"title":232,"description":233,"author":234,"original_width":235,"original_height":236},18778,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122328","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122328\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-26417.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An excellent and aesthetic specimen of lustrous and translucent 1.0 cm long colorless paravauxite prisms set on matrix. Ex Gary Hansen collection 4.6 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",631,439,{"id":238,"source_url":239,"license_code":230,"credit_html":240,"title":241,"description":242,"author":234,"original_width":243,"original_height":244},18779,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140987","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140987\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-122764.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.3 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An aesthetic, old-time specimen of two, fan-like clusters of lustrous, pastel-green paravauxite blades very nicely set on matrix from the TYPE LOCALITY - the famous Siglo XX Mine at Llallagua, Bolivia. This is CLASSIC, very fine material of this ULTRA-RARE phosphate from the J. Cilen and George Elling Collections.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",430,500,{"id":246,"source_url":247,"license_code":230,"credit_html":248,"title":249,"description":250,"author":234,"original_width":251,"original_height":252},18780,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148917","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148917\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-167096.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.9 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These crystals are one of the most beautiful phosphates in the world. They are highly prized for their rarity and beauty. This piece features superb, incredibly rare, sharp, sparkling, lustrous, light green crystals of Paravauxite measuring up to 1.0 cm with tan colored crystal of Sigloite on matrix. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine.\" This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. Ex. Brian Kosnar.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",246,288,{"id":254,"source_url":255,"license_code":230,"credit_html":256,"title":257,"description":258,"author":234,"original_width":259,"original_height":260},18781,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164427","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164427\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-235301.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.8 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features superb, incredibly rare, sharp, sparkling, lustrous, light green crystals of Paravauxite measuring up to 7 mm on matrix. This specimen is from the type locality for the species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine\". This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",417,360,{"id":262,"source_url":263,"license_code":230,"credit_html":264,"title":265,"description":266,"author":234,"original_width":267,"original_height":268},72761,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152626","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152626\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-179881.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A huge, unusually fat, doubly-terminated crystal of this very rare species on matrix. It measures 2.2 cm. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",600,566,{"id":270,"source_url":271,"license_code":230,"credit_html":272,"title":273,"description":274,"author":234,"original_width":275,"original_height":276},72762,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158730","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158730\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-199914.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 23.7 x 18.0 x 5.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rich plate with dozens of sharp, translucent, beautiful crystals running all over it, to 1.2 cm in length; and many of which are doubly-terminated. A vein of some white phosphate material runs through the middle. Coverage on the back is more sparse, but with larger crystals to 1.75 cm. Almost certainly this was field-collected on one of the famous Vaux expeditions in the early 1900s. TYPE LOCALITY MATERIAL: Paravauxite was described in 1922. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,281,{"id":278,"source_url":279,"license_code":280,"credit_html":281,"title":282,"description":283,"author":284,"original_width":285,"original_height":286},18784,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=130535542","CC BY-SA 4.0","Kaethe17, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=130535542\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxit.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa> (Weight: 314.85 g)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Place of discovery: Siglo Veinte Mine (also \u003Ci>Siglo XX\u003C\u002Fi>, means \"Twentieth Century\"), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Kaethe17",5362,3573,{"id":288,"source_url":289,"license_code":230,"credit_html":290,"title":291,"description":292,"author":234,"original_width":293,"original_height":294},72769,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169786","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169786\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-263702.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.9 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features superb, very rare, gemmy, sharp, sparkling, lustrous, light green crystals of Paravauxite on matrix. This specimen is from the type locality for the species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. The luster and color of the crystals tells me that this is an older specimen, most likely from WWII or earlier. Ex. Allen Heyl Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",495,432,{"id":296,"source_url":297,"license_code":230,"credit_html":298,"title":299,"description":300,"author":234,"original_width":301,"original_height":302},22308,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140557","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140557\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-121343.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.0 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These crystals are one of the most beautiful phosphates in the world. They are highly prized for their rarity and beauty. This remarkably large specimen features an attractive group of lustrous, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures up to 0.8 cm. This specimen is from the type locality for both species! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. To find a piece of this size with so many great quality crystals is unheard of these days.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",398,576,{"id":304,"source_url":305,"license_code":230,"credit_html":306,"title":307,"description":308,"author":234,"original_width":309,"original_height":310},72758,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141611","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141611\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-132028.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.1 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2007, this is another great discovery for this locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with tabular blades of Paravauxite on clay matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find all two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. It is so unbelievably rare to find good size, beautifully crystallized specimens of Vauxite and Paravauxite together from Bolivia like this one.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",577,504,{"id":312,"source_url":313,"license_code":230,"credit_html":314,"title":315,"description":316,"author":234,"original_width":317,"original_height":294},72760,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145386","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145386\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-147007.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.5 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features superb, very rare, sharp, lustrous, light-green crystals of Paravauxite measuring up to 0.9 cm with tan colored crystals of Sigloite and golden-brown micro Wavellite on matrix. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",510,{"id":319,"source_url":320,"license_code":230,"credit_html":321,"title":322,"description":323,"author":234,"original_width":324,"original_height":302},22310,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146926","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146926\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-157400.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 23.0 x 14.1 x 4.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These crystals are one of the most beautiful phosphates in the world. They are highly prized for their rarity and beauty. This piece features superb, incredibly rare, sharp, sparkling, lustrous, light green crystals of Paravauxite with tan colored crystal of Sigloite on iron-stained Wavellite on matrix. The largest crystal measures 1.0 cm. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that \"Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. This piece is one of the largest specimens of this material to come from the new find of 2005. It is incredibly hard to find large cabinet display pieces of this material. Ex. Brian Kosnar.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",914,{"id":326,"source_url":327,"license_code":230,"credit_html":328,"title":329,"description":330,"author":234,"original_width":331,"original_height":260},18783,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10173179","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10173179\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-286243.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChildrenite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Childrenite\">Childrenite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.2 x 4.0 x 1.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2009, this is another great discovery for this locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by with tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite and Quartz on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. There are also some very tiny spots of brownish-tan Childrenite on the specimen as well. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",421,{"id":333,"source_url":334,"license_code":230,"credit_html":335,"title":336,"description":337,"author":234,"original_width":338,"original_height":294},16097,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10173307","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10173307\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-287951.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWavellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wavellite\">Wavellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.7 x 7.5 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the very rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is incredibly rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well, which are a really a nice touch to these already amazing pieces. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much sturdier. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with micro fibrous strands of colorless Metavauxite, along with micro tabular blades of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite plus a few scattered Quartz crystals on firm Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find all three \"Vauxites\" together on one piece is amazing. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",492,{"id":340,"source_url":341,"license_code":230,"credit_html":342,"title":343,"description":344,"author":234,"original_width":275,"original_height":260},67300,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163420","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163420\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-228510.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 18.3 x 11.4 x 3.3.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the very rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular microcrystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is incredibly rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small gem Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much more sturdy. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":346,"source_url":347,"license_code":230,"credit_html":348,"title":349,"description":350,"author":234,"original_width":351,"original_height":294},67301,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163462","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163462\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-229558.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.5 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the find of 2006, this is one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the very rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is very rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well, which is really a nice accent to these already amazing pieces. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much sturdier. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. It is very rare to find good size matrix specimens of Vauxite from Bolivia with Paravauxite and Metavauxite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",480,{"id":353,"source_url":354,"license_code":230,"credit_html":355,"title":356,"description":357,"author":234,"original_width":358,"original_height":294},72764,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164711","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164711\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-236751.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.6 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2009, this is another great discovery for this locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. There are also some very tiny spots of brownish-tan Childrenite on the specimen as well. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",528,{"id":360,"source_url":361,"license_code":230,"credit_html":362,"title":363,"description":364,"author":234,"original_width":365,"original_height":294},72765,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166351","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166351\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-245572.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.8 x 3.2 x 0.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by with tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. There are also some very tiny spots of brownish-tan Childrenite on the specimen as well. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",465,{"id":367,"source_url":368,"license_code":230,"credit_html":369,"title":370,"description":371,"author":234,"original_width":372,"original_height":260},72766,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166399","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166399\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Vauxite-246296.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.6 x 3.4 x 1.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2009, this is another great discovery for this locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by with tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite and white Quartz on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",409,{"id":374,"source_url":375,"license_code":230,"credit_html":376,"title":377,"description":378,"author":234,"original_width":379,"original_height":260},72767,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10167292","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10167292\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-250318.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.7 x 1.7 x 0.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the recent find in 2008, this is another great discovery for this locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful rich blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with tabular blades of green Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) and Wavellite matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",411,{"id":381,"source_url":382,"license_code":230,"credit_html":383,"title":384,"description":385,"author":234,"original_width":386,"original_height":294},72768,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169031","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169031\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-260014.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.3 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2008, this is another great discovery for this locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on minor clay (decomposed Allophane) matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is amazing. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",484,{"id":388,"source_url":389,"license_code":230,"credit_html":390,"title":391,"description":392,"author":234,"original_width":310,"original_height":294},39639,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170261","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170261\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-266424.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChildrenite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Childrenite\">Childrenite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.0 x 2.5 x 1.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue colored, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by with tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. There are also some very tiny spots of brownish-tan Childrenite on the specimen as well. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":394,"source_url":395,"license_code":230,"credit_html":396,"title":397,"description":392,"author":234,"original_width":398,"original_height":260},39640,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170262","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170262\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-266425.jpg",407,{"id":400,"source_url":401,"license_code":230,"credit_html":402,"title":403,"description":404,"author":234,"original_width":405,"original_height":260},67309,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171019","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171019\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-271446.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 11.5 x 9.5 x 2.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the very rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular microcrystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is incredibly rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well, which is really a nice touch to these already amazing pieces. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much sturdier than usual. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with micro fibrous strands of colorless Metavauxite, along with micro tabular blades of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite plus a few scattered Quartz crystals on firm Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",452,{"id":407,"source_url":408,"license_code":230,"credit_html":409,"title":410,"description":411,"author":234,"original_width":412,"original_height":413},16098,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10438761","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10438761\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metavauxite-Paravauxite-sea79b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2.1 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Metavauxite, Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fine elongated crystal spray of metavauxite, with a few sharp, individually more robust paravauxite crystals sticking out to the side. A fine thumbnail example of this beautiful and very rare species. From the type locality. Ex. John White Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",377,753,{"id":142,"source_url":415,"license_code":230,"credit_html":416,"title":417,"description":418,"author":234,"original_width":419,"original_height":302},"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139702","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139702\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-119418.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 10.5 x 7.8 x 4.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This remarkably large specimen features an attractive group of lustrous, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures up to 0.7 cm. This specimen is from the type locality for both species! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. To find a piece of this size with so many great quality crystals is unheard of these days.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",795,{"id":421,"source_url":422,"license_code":230,"credit_html":423,"title":424,"description":425,"author":234,"original_width":426,"original_height":294},22309,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145184","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145184\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-146681.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 11.3 x 6.8 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These crystals are one of the most beautiful phosphates in the world. They are highly prized for their rarity and beauty. This remarkably large specimen features an attractive group of lustrous, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures 1.1 cm. This specimen is from the type locality for both species! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. To find a piece of this size with so many great quality crystals is unheard of these days. Ex. Brian Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",693,{"id":428,"source_url":429,"license_code":230,"credit_html":430,"title":431,"description":432,"author":234,"original_width":433,"original_height":260},22311,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148344","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148344\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-164031.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.8 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These crystals are one of the most beautiful phosphates in the world. They are highly prized for their rarity and beauty. This piece features superb, incredibly rare, sharp, semi lustrous, light green crystals of Paravauxite with tan colored crystal of Sigloite on matrix. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. Ex. Brian Kosnar.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",614,{"id":435,"source_url":436,"license_code":230,"credit_html":437,"title":438,"description":439,"author":234,"original_width":440,"original_height":294},22312,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152253","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152253\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-178911.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 10.8 x 9.7 x 3.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features superb, incredibly rare, sharp, sparkling, lustrous, light green crystals of Paravauxite with tan colored crystal of Sigloite on iron-stained Wavellite on matrix. The largest crystal measures 1.0 cm. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",518,{"id":442,"source_url":443,"license_code":230,"credit_html":444,"title":445,"description":446,"author":234,"original_width":447,"original_height":260},22313,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166407","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166407\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-246303.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.0 x 6.0 x 2.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This remarkably attractive specimen features beautiful lustrous, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite (which forms as an alteration of Paravauxite) crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. The largest Paravauxite group is a lovely \"bow tie\"-shaped aggregate measuring 2.0 cm across. This specimen is from the type locality for both Paravauxite and Sigloite. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",415,{"id":449,"source_url":450,"license_code":230,"credit_html":451,"title":452,"description":453,"author":234,"original_width":454,"original_height":294},22314,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170367","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170367\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-266907.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.0 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a fine specimen featuring an attractive group of lustrous, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite crystals on matrix. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. I found one very small but unique crystal of Paravauxite under the microscope which I have photographed. The crystal has two blue \"stripes\" running along corresponding sides of the prism face, and my assumption is that this may be a micro \"wash\" of another phosphate, i.e. Vauxite or Vivianite. I have never seen a crystal quite like this from Bolivia or any other locality for Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures 7 mm. This specimen is from the type locality for both Paravauxite and Sigloite. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine\". This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",522,{"id":456,"source_url":457,"license_code":230,"credit_html":458,"title":459,"description":446,"author":234,"original_width":460,"original_height":294},27872,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166406","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166406\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-246302.jpg",493,{"id":462,"source_url":463,"license_code":230,"credit_html":464,"title":465,"description":466,"author":234,"original_width":467,"original_height":294},39641,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170755","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170755\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-270295.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChildrenite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Childrenite\">Childrenite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.8 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by with tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. There are also some very tiny spots of brownish-tan Childrenite on the specimen as well. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",496,{"id":469,"source_url":470,"license_code":230,"credit_html":471,"title":472,"description":473,"author":234,"original_width":474,"original_height":294},39642,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171896","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171896\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-278430.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChildrenite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Childrenite\">Childrenite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.8 x 4.1 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated with tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. There are also some very tiny spots of brownish-tan Childrenite on the specimen as well. There is a very small (less than 0.5 mm) crystal group of unidentified strong pinkish-red colored bladed crystals on the specimen as well - possibly Römerite (third photo)? It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of these incredibly beautiful phosphates and to find all two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",519,{"id":476,"source_url":477,"license_code":230,"credit_html":478,"title":479,"description":473,"author":234,"original_width":480,"original_height":260},39643,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171898","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171898\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-278431.jpg",437,{"id":482,"source_url":483,"license_code":230,"credit_html":484,"title":485,"description":486,"author":234,"original_width":487,"original_height":260},39644,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172113","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172113\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-280303.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChildrenite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Childrenite\">Childrenite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.1 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful, blue radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by with tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. There are also some very tiny spots of brownish-tan Childrenite on the specimen as well. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of these incredibly beautiful phosphates and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",425,{"id":489,"source_url":490,"license_code":230,"credit_html":491,"title":492,"description":493,"author":234,"original_width":331,"original_height":260},39645,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172835","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172835\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-284013.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChildrenite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Childrenite\">Childrenite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.3 x 3.9 x 1.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue colored, radiating aggregates of Vauxite coated by with tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. There are also some very tiny spots of brownish-tan Childrenite on the specimen as well. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":495,"source_url":496,"license_code":230,"credit_html":497,"title":498,"description":499,"author":234,"original_width":500,"original_height":294},67292,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139133","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139133\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-118281.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.0 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant and momentous discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are simply put, some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the super rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite which means that these are just a dream for phosphate collectors. It is incredibly rare to have FOUR individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the TYPE LOCALITY for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small gem Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well, which is really a nice touch to these already amazing pieces. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much more sturdy and allows the pieces to be displayed with ease. Now you must note that despite the sturdy matrix, the crystals themselves are somewhat brittle and must be handled with care. Nonetheless, this is a MAJOR find of these incredibly rare minerals, the likes of which I’ve never seen from Bolivia, or any other world locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with micro fibrous strands of colorless Metavauxite, along with micro tabular blades of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite plus a few scattered gem quality Quartz crystals on firm Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",661,{"id":502,"source_url":503,"license_code":230,"credit_html":504,"title":505,"description":506,"author":234,"original_width":507,"original_height":302},67293,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140551","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140551\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-121290.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 10.0 x 7.0 x 2.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant and momentous discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are simply put, some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the super rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite which means that these are just a dream for phosphate collectors. It is incredibly rare to have FOUR individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the TYPE LOCALITY for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small gem Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well, which is really a nice touch to these already amazing pieces. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much sturdier and allows the pieces to be displayed with ease. Now you must note that despite the sturdy matrix, the crystals themselves are somewhat brittle and must be handled with care. This particular piece is a remarkable, large, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with micro fibrous strands of colorless Metavauxite, along with micro tabular blades of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite plus a few scattered gem quality Quartz crystals on firm Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find all three \"Vauxites\" together on one piece is amazing. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. It is so unbelievably rare to find good size, beautifully crystallized matrix specimens of Vauxite from Bolivia like this one.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,{"id":509,"source_url":510,"license_code":230,"credit_html":511,"title":512,"description":506,"author":234,"original_width":513,"original_height":302},67294,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140552","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140552\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-121292.jpg",647,{"id":515,"source_url":516,"license_code":230,"credit_html":517,"title":518,"description":519,"author":234,"original_width":520,"original_height":260},67295,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144047","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144047\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-139660.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.8 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant and momentous discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are simply put, some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the super rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite which means that these are just a dream for phosphate collectors. It is incredibly rare to have FOUR individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the TYPE LOCALITY for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small gem Quartz crystals on most of the specimen found as well, which is really a nice touch to these already amazing pieces. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much sturdier and allows the pieces to be displayed with ease. Now you must note that despite the sturdy matrix, the crystals themselves are somewhat brittle and must be handled with care. Nonetheless, this is a MAJOR find of these incredibly rare minerals, the likes of which I’ve never seen from Bolivia, or any other world locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with micro fibrous strands of colorless Metavauxite, along with micro tabular blades of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite plus a few scattered gem quality Quartz crystals on firm Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find all three \"Vauxites\" together on one piece is amazing. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. It is so unbelievably rare to find good size matrix specimens of Vauxite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",663,{"id":522,"source_url":523,"license_code":230,"credit_html":524,"title":525,"description":519,"author":234,"original_width":526,"original_height":260},67296,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144051","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144051\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-139662.jpg",423,{"id":528,"source_url":529,"license_code":230,"credit_html":530,"title":531,"description":532,"author":234,"original_width":533,"original_height":260},67297,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152301","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152301\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-178923.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.3 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a fine specimen. The Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the super rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",501,{"id":535,"source_url":536,"license_code":230,"credit_html":537,"title":538,"description":539,"author":234,"original_width":540,"original_height":310},67299,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163417","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163417\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-228508.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 18.3 x 11.4 x 3.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the very rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular microcrystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is incredibly rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small gem Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much more sturdy. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",642,{"id":542,"source_url":543,"license_code":230,"credit_html":544,"title":545,"description":546,"author":234,"original_width":474,"original_height":294},67303,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165200","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165200\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-239877.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.2 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the super rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is incredibly rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much sturdier. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":548,"source_url":549,"license_code":230,"credit_html":550,"title":551,"description":546,"author":234,"original_width":275,"original_height":260},67304,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165203","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165203\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-239879.jpg",{"id":553,"source_url":554,"license_code":230,"credit_html":555,"title":556,"description":557,"author":234,"original_width":558,"original_height":294},67306,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168250","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168250\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-255158.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.8 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the find of 2006, this is one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the super rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is incredibly rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite is even better. There are also some small Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane). This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with micro fibrous strands of colorless Metavauxite, along with micro tabular blades of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite plus a few scattered Quartz crystals on firm Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. It is unbelievably rare to find good size matrix specimens of Vauxite from Bolivia with Paravauxite and Metavauxite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",494,{"id":560,"source_url":561,"license_code":230,"credit_html":562,"title":563,"description":564,"author":234,"original_width":565,"original_height":310},67307,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169332","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169332\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-261593.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 18.8 x 13.2 x 4.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is one of the largest specimens of this material that I have ever handled or seen. From the find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the very rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is incredibly rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small gem Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well, which is really a nice touch to these already amazing pieces. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane). This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",602,{"id":567,"source_url":568,"license_code":230,"credit_html":569,"title":570,"description":404,"author":234,"original_width":338,"original_height":571},67310,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171020","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171020\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-271447.jpg",369,{"id":573,"source_url":574,"license_code":230,"credit_html":575,"title":576,"description":577,"author":234,"original_width":365,"original_height":578},67311,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174566","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174566\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-290665.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.5 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the find of 2006, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant discoveries ever made at this locality. Not since the days of World War II has there been such a remarkable find of this material. These are some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world, but the greatest aspect of these pieces is two-fold. First, the Vauxite itself is associated with micro fibrous \"strands\" of the very rare phosphate Metavauxite, plus tabular microcrystals of Paravauxite and small whitish spheres of Wavellite. It is incredibly rare to have four individual phosphate species all on one specimen, and the fact that this mine is the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite, Sigloite and Metavauxite makes it all the better. There are also some small gem Quartz crystals on most of the specimens found as well, which is really a nice touch to these already amazing pieces. The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix, and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much sturdier. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite associated with micro fibrous strands of colorless Metavauxite, along with micro tabular white-green crystals of Paravauxite with tan blades of Sigloite (which forms as an alteration of Paravauxite) and small whitish spheres of Wavellite plus a few scattered gem quality Quartz crystals on firm Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find all three \"Vauxites\" together on one piece is amazing. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite, Paravauxite, Sigloite and Metavauxite which was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",349,{"id":580,"source_url":581,"license_code":230,"credit_html":582,"title":583,"description":584,"author":234,"original_width":507,"original_height":585},67312,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476812","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476812\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Metavauxite-Paravauxite-tuc8-125a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: large cabinet, 16.5 x 12.4 x 4.0 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Paravauxite and Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A historic, published piece of huge significance from the noted collection of William S. Vaux (1811-1882)...This old-time matrix specimen is covered by tannish, metavauxite crystals, on quartz to .5 cm in length. Metavauxite is a rare hydrated iron, aluminum phosphate - the most rare of the related minerals metavauxite, paravauxite, and vauxite. There are also a few crystals of sheaf like, pastel-green paravauxite, to one 1.0 cm in length. Both of these species were named by Sam Gordon, around 1930, in honor of his patron George Vaux, nephew of collector William Vaux. So here we have a sentimental specimen linking the curator of the museum to the family that funded his expeditions in the museum's heyday before its decline in modern times, and the specimen in question also CAME FROM the original older museum expeditions funded by the uncle, a major supporter of the museum since its earliest days. Accompanying this specimen is an original copy in decent condition of the 1944 proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, where this specimen is photographed as plate 25. Historical, old, and important specimens are too rarely available these days, especially with such interesting documentation. More than that, this is on its own merit a cabinet specimen of a very rare species, in rich quantity.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",609,{"id":587,"source_url":588,"license_code":230,"credit_html":589,"title":590,"description":473,"author":234,"original_width":591,"original_height":260},77208,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171900","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171900\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Childrenite-278432.jpg",433,{"id":593,"source_url":594,"license_code":230,"credit_html":595,"title":596,"description":597,"author":234,"original_width":598,"original_height":599},79506,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10132652","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10132652\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-47359.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Here we have a great “blending” of light water-green color Paravauxite crystals and tan color Silgoite crystals sitting atop spherical micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. It’s more unique than most because there is no definitive line where the Paravauxite stops and the Sigloite begins, but rather seems to alternate between the two throughout the specimen. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures up to 1.1 cm. The Siglo XX mine (Twentieth Century mine) in Llallagua, Bolivia is one of the most prolific localities, and one of the greatest tin mines in all of Bolivia and the world. This is an unusual ore deposit because of the fact that high temperature metallization took place at such a shallow depth. This mine is truly one of the most unique localities in the world from the standpoint of mineralization. This mine is the type locality for five species, three of them are “Vauxites”. The most abundant and best crystallized of the Vauxite group species (meta-, para-, and vauxite itself) from Llallagua is Paravauxite. During the World War II, some of the world’s finest Paravauxite specimens were found along the Contacto vein as described by the great engineer, Mark Chance Bandy. Last year, after a long period of inactivity and lack of new finds, exploration along the same famous Contacto vein yielded some superb matrix specimens of this highly sought after phosphate , associated with euhedral crystals of Sigloite. Chemically, these species are only separated by one water molecule but they differ greatly i nappearance , obviously. The Siglo XX mine is the type locality for both of Paravauxite and Sigloite. This locality has produced undoubtedly the finest Paravauxite specimens ever found, and it is the only locality in the world where these two species are found together. It is also the only known locality for Sigloite on the planet. These new specimens are unquestionably some of the very finest (and in some cases largest) combination pieces of these two species ever found. For rare species collectors, these Bolivian specimens are a must have considering they are some of the most attractive, unique and amazingly good quality pieces of a rare phosphate combination in existence. 7.0 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",461,350,{"id":601,"source_url":602,"license_code":230,"credit_html":603,"title":604,"description":605,"author":234,"original_width":267,"original_height":606},79507,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10133246","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10133246\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-49087.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Large cabinet size specimens of Paravauxite are few and far between to say the least. You simply don’t see large cabinet size specimens of rare phosphates like this outside of museums. This is easily one of the largest and most showy specimens of this material extant. There is a tremendous coverage of light water-green color Paravauxite crystals and tan color Sigloite crystals sitting atop micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures up to 1.0 cm. The Siglo XX mine (Twentieth Century mine) in Llallagua, Bolivia is one of the most prolific localities, and one of the greatest tin mines in all of Bolivia and the world. This is an unusual ore deposit because of the fact that high temperature metallization took place at such a shallow depth. This mine is truly one of the most unique localities in the world from the standpoint of mineralization. This mine is the type locality for five species, three of them are “Vauxites”. The most abundant and best crystallized of the Vauxite group species (meta-, para-, and vauxite itself) from Llallagua is Paravauxite. During the World War II, some of the world’s finest Paravauxite specimens were found along the Contacto vein as described by the great engineer, Mark Chance Bandy. Last year, after a long period of inactivity and lack of new finds, exploration along the same famous Contacto vein yielded some superb matrix specimens of this highly sought after phosphate , associated with euhedral crystals of Sigloite. Chemically, these species are only separated by one water molecule but they differ greatly i nappearance , obviously. The Siglo XX mine is the type locality for both of Paravauxite and Sigloite. This locality has produced undoubtedly the finest Paravauxite specimens ever found, and it is the only locality in the world where these two species are found together. It is also the only known locality for Sigloite on the planet. These new specimens are unquestionably some of the very finest (and in some cases largest) combination pieces of these two species ever found. For rare species collectors, these Bolivian specimens are a must have considering they are some of the most attractive, unique and amazingly good quality pieces of a rare phosphate combination in existence. 16.5 x 11.0 x 4.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",420,{"id":608,"source_url":609,"license_code":230,"credit_html":610,"title":611,"description":612,"author":234,"original_width":613,"original_height":294},79508,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139139","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139139\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-118286.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.3 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These crystals are one of the most beautiful phosphates in the world. They are highly prized for their rarity and beauty. This remarkably large specimen features an attractive group of lustrous, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite crystals on matrix. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures up to 1.7 cm. This specimen is from the type locality for both species ! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. To find a piece of this size with so many great quality crystals is unheard of these days.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",734,{"id":615,"source_url":616,"license_code":230,"credit_html":617,"title":618,"description":619,"author":234,"original_width":620,"original_height":294},79509,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145186","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10145186\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-146682.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 11.3 x 6.8 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These crystals are one of the most beautiful phosphates in the world. They are highly prized for their rarity and beauty. This remarkably large specimen features an attractive group of lustrous, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures 1.1 cm. This specimen is from the type locality for both species! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",278,{"id":622,"source_url":623,"license_code":230,"credit_html":624,"title":625,"description":626,"author":234,"original_width":627,"original_height":294},79510,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146104","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146104\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-152438.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.1 x 7.2 x 2.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These crystals are one of the most beautiful phosphates in the world. They are highly prized for their rarity and beauty. This piece features superb, incredibly rare, sharp, sparkling, lustrous, light green crystals of Paravauxite with tan colored crystal of Sigloite on iron-stained Wavellite on matrix. The largest crystal measures 1.3 cm. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species! Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that \"Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described. Ex. Brian Kosnar.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",313,{"id":629,"source_url":630,"license_code":230,"credit_html":631,"title":632,"description":633,"author":234,"original_width":634,"original_height":294},79514,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163411","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163411\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-228454.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.0 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This attractive specimen features beautiful lustrous, water-green Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan Sigloite crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures up to 0.8 cm. This specimen is from the type locality for both species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",535,{"id":636,"source_url":637,"license_code":230,"credit_html":638,"title":639,"description":640,"author":234,"original_width":641,"original_height":310},79515,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165518","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165518\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-240641.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 10.3 x 8.7 x 7.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This remarkably attractive specimen features beautiful lustrous, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures up to 9 mm. This specimen is from the type locality for both species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",593,{"id":643,"source_url":644,"license_code":230,"credit_html":645,"title":646,"description":647,"author":234,"original_width":648,"original_height":294},79516,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169329","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169329\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-261590.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.2 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features superb, incredibly rare, sharp, lustrous light green crystals of Paravauxite measuring up to 1.3 cm with tan colored crystals of Sigloite on matrix. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",485,{"id":650,"source_url":651,"license_code":230,"credit_html":652,"title":653,"description":453,"author":234,"original_width":654,"original_height":260},79517,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170368","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170368\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-266908.jpg",412,{"id":656,"source_url":657,"license_code":230,"credit_html":658,"title":659,"description":660,"author":234,"original_width":661,"original_height":294},79518,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171027","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171027\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-Wavellite-271453.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWavellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wavellite\">Wavellite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.4 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This remarkably attractive specimen features beautiful, water-green color Paravauxite crystals and some minor tan color Sigloite crystals associated on matrix. The reverse side of the specimen features several spherical Wavellite aggregates with Quartz. Sigloite forms as an alteration of Paravauxite. The largest Paravauxite crystal measures up to 9 mm. This specimen is from the type locality for both Paravauxite and Sigloite. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",523,{"id":663,"source_url":664,"license_code":230,"credit_html":665,"title":666,"description":667,"author":234,"original_width":668,"original_height":294},79519,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172118","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172118\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-280306.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.7 x 7.1 x 1.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features superb, very rare, sharp, lustrous, light green crystals of Paravauxite measuring up to 7 mm with tan colored crystal of Sigloite on matrix. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",470,{"id":670,"source_url":671,"license_code":230,"credit_html":672,"title":673,"description":667,"author":234,"original_width":674,"original_height":260},79520,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172119","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172119\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-280307.jpg",482,{"id":676,"source_url":677,"license_code":230,"credit_html":678,"title":679,"description":680,"author":234,"original_width":681,"original_height":294},79521,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172554","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172554\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Sigloite-282570.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSigloite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sigloite\">Sigloite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.1 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features superb, incredibly rare, sharp, lustrous light green crystals of Paravauxite measuring up to 0.7 cm with tan colored crystal of Sigloite on matrix. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species. Mark Chance Bandy described Paravauxite crystals in his book \"Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia\". He states that Paravauxite is the most abundant of all the \"Vauxites\" from this mine,\" and with that said, you almost never see specimens, especially pieces that are larger than thumbnails available on the market. This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that Mr. Bandy described.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",488,{"id":683,"source_url":684,"license_code":230,"credit_html":685,"title":686,"description":577,"author":234,"original_width":365,"original_height":578},79522,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174567","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174567\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-Metavauxite-290666.jpg",{"id":688,"source_url":689,"license_code":230,"credit_html":690,"title":691,"description":692,"author":234,"original_width":693,"original_height":260},84952,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164913","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164913\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paravauxite-Vauxite-238638.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece is a fine, very well crystallized, very rare specimen consisting of tabular blades of greenish-white Paravauxite on small, radiating, beautiful blue color aggregates of Vauxite with minor brownish-tan color Childrenite on white clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. From the new find of 2009.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",413,{"id":695,"source_url":696,"license_code":230,"credit_html":697,"title":698,"description":699,"author":234,"original_width":293,"original_height":294},84953,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165505","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165505\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-Paravauxite-240628.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FParavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Paravauxite\">Paravauxite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.0 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find of 2009, this is another great discovery for this locality. This particular piece is a remarkable, very well crystallized, very rare, specimen consisting of small, bladed, beautiful blue color, radiating aggregates of Vauxite hosting a pale greenish Paravauxite on minor clay (probably decomposed Allophane) matrix. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate and to find two \"Vauxite\" species together on one piece is fantastic. This piece is from the type locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite which were originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",[701,708],{"id":702,"url":703,"label":704,"formula":705,"spacegroup":706,"year":707},10433,"\u002Fcif\u002F10433.cif","Gatta 2014","Fe.921 Al2 P2 O18 H17.913","P -1",2014,{"id":709,"url":710,"label":711,"formula":712,"spacegroup":706,"year":211},10434,"\u002Fcif\u002F10434.cif","Baur 1969","Fe Al2 P2 O18 H18",[714],"Paravauxiet",[716,720,724,728,731,734,737,741,745],{"lang":717,"names":718},"ca",[719],"paravauxita",{"lang":721,"names":722},"de",[723],"Paravauxit",{"lang":725,"names":726},"es",[727],"Paravauxita",{"lang":729,"names":730},"eu",[727],{"lang":732,"names":733},"fr",[7],{"lang":735,"names":736},"it",[7],{"lang":738,"names":739},"pl",[740],"Paravauxyt",{"lang":742,"names":743},"ru",[744],"Паравоксит",{"lang":746,"names":747},"uk",[744],"Q409185",{"history":11,"applications":11}]