[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:4164":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":11,"weighting":12,"nolocadd":13,"blacklisted":13,"mindat_formula":14,"mindat_formula_note":11,"ima_formula":15,"elements":16,"sigelements":22,"key_elements":11,"impurities":11,"cim":23,"ima_status":24,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":11,"approval_year":11,"publication_year":27,"discovery_year":28,"strunz10ed1":29,"strunz10ed2":30,"strunz10ed3":31,"strunz10ed4":32,"dana8ed1":33,"dana8ed2":34,"dana8ed3":35,"dana8ed4":36,"csystem":37,"cclass":38,"spacegroup":38,"spacegroupset":39,"a":40,"b":41,"c":42,"alpha":43,"beta":44,"gamma":45,"aerror":11,"berror":11,"cerror":11,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":11,"gammaerror":11,"va3":11,"z":38,"csmetamict":13,"commentcrystal":11,"twinning":46,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":47,"tlform":11,"hmin":48,"hmax":48,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":39,"vhnmax":39,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":49,"dmeas2":50,"dcalc":50,"dmeaserror":11,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":11,"lustre":11,"lustretype":51,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":52,"streak":53,"colour":54,"commentcolor":11,"colors":55,"streak_colors":59,"luminescence":11,"uv":11,"cleavage":11,"cleavagetype":60,"fracturetype":11,"tenacity":61,"commentbreak":11,"opticaltype":62,"opticalsign":63,"opticalalpha":64,"opticalalpha2":39,"opticalalphaerror":11,"opticalbeta":65,"opticalbeta2":39,"opticalbetaerror":11,"opticalgamma":66,"opticalgamma2":39,"opticalgammaerror":11,"opticalomega":39,"opticalomega2":39,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":39,"opticalepsilon2":39,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":39,"opticaln2":39,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":39,"optical2vcalc2":39,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":67,"optical2vmeasured2":39,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":68,"rimax":69,"opticaldispersion":70,"opticalpleochroism":71,"opticalpleochorismdesc":72,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":11,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":11,"industrial":11,"occurrence":73,"otheroccurrence":74,"type_specimen_store":75,"description_short":76,"aboutname":77,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":78,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":79,"group_members":80,"associates":81,"confused_with":92,"type_localities":93,"occurrence_total":100,"citations":101,"images":164,"structures":524,"synonyms":531,"language_names":533,"wikidata_qid":570,"texts":571},4164,"1:1:4164:1","3307ad12-d776-465b-bfbd-e45698a77601","Vauxite","Vx",0,"mineral",null,5646,false,"Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>·6H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub> · 6H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O",[17,18,19,20,21],"Al","Fe","O","P","H",[17,18,19,20,21],"19.14.23",[25,26],"APPROVED","GRANDFATHERED",1922,"1922","8","D","C","35","42","11","14","1","Triclinic",2,"0","9.142","11.599","6.158","98.29","91.93","108.27","on {010}, twin and composition plane.","Crystals tabular {010}, elongated [001] or [101]. May exhibit may forms, including \u003Cmi>{010}, {1_10}, {_1_11}, {101}, {1_11}, {_101}, and {1_40}\u003C\u002Fmi>. Forms radial to subparallel aggregates; nodular.",3.5,"2.39","2.4","Vitreous","Transparent","White","Sky-blue, dark blue; pale blue in transmitted light.",[56,57,58],"blue","colorless","white",[58],"None Observed","brittle","Biaxial","+","1.551","1.555","1.562","32",1.551,1.562,"r > v weak","Strong","X = Z = Colourless\r\nY = Blue","Hydrothermal tin veins.","Alteration of apatite.","U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA: #97561, #103542.","A secondary mineral derived from the alteration of apatite.\r\n\r\nCompare also the higher hydrate paravauxite and its dimorph metavauxite.\r\nFerrivauxite is an oxidized equivalent of vauxite.","Named in honor of George Vaux, Jr. (18 December 1863, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  - 24 October 1927, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA), attorney, photographer, and mineral collector of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.  He was nephew of mineral collector William S. Vaux (1811-1882).  His collection, that reached about 10,000 specimens of 850 species, went to Bryn Mawr College after his death.","2025-08-11 12:14:24",[],[],[82],{"id":83,"name":84,"entrytype":9,"csystem":85,"ima_formula":86,"mindat_formula":87,"hmin":48,"hmax":88,"dmeas":89,"dcalc":90,"primary_image_id":91},4250,"Wavellite","Orthorhombic","Al\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub> · 5H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","Al\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>·5H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O",4,"2.36","2.37",27861,[],[94],{"id":95,"txt":96,"latitude":97,"longitude":98,"country":99},336,"Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia",-18.4228607,-66.5924746,"Bolivia",10,[102,105,109,113,117,121,125,130,134,138,142,146,150,154,159],{"id":103,"year":27,"html":104,"doi":11},16065213,"Newhouse, W.H. (1922) Notes and News. American Mineralogist: 7: 108-109.",{"id":106,"year":27,"html":107,"doi":108},2067735,"Gordon, S. 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":110,"year":111,"html":112,"doi":11},16127165,1923,"Gordon (1923) Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia: 75: 261.",{"id":114,"year":115,"html":116,"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":118,"year":119,"html":120,"doi":11},521525,1945,"Fleischer, M. (1945) New mineral names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  30 (7-8). 548-550 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM30\u002FAM30_548.pdf?reftype=.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":122,"year":123,"html":124,"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":126,"year":127,"html":128,"doi":129},5726720,1967,"Baur, W. H., Rao, B. Rama (1967) The crystal structure of metavauxite. \u003Ci>Die Naturwissenschaften\u003C\u002Fi>, 54 (21). 561 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00602330'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00602330\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00602330",{"id":131,"year":132,"html":133,"doi":11},524944,1968,"Baur, W. H.; Rao, B. Rama (1968) The crystal structure and the chemical composition of vauxite. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  53 (5-6). 1025-1028 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM53\u002FAM53_1025.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":135,"year":136,"html":137,"doi":11},526591,1976,"Moore, Paul B., Araki, Takaharu, Kampf, Anthony R., Steele, Ian M. (1976) Olmsteadite, K\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>[Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Nb,Ta)\u003Csup>5+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>(H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>], a new species, its crystal structure and relation to vauxite and montgomeryite. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  61 (1-2) 5-11 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM61\u002FAM61_5.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":139,"year":140,"html":141,"doi":11},16955181,1980,"Blanchard, F. N., Abernathy, S. A. (1980) X-ray powder diffraction data for the phosphate minerals: vauxite, metavauxite, vivianite, Mn-heterosite, scorzalite, and lazulite. \u003Ci>Florida Scientist\u003C\u002Fi>,  43 (4) 257-265",{"id":143,"year":144,"html":145,"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":147,"year":148,"html":149,"doi":11},16967958,2005,"(2005) Vauxite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fvauxite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":151,"year":152,"html":153,"doi":11},16127169,2011,"Djordjević, T., Kolitsch, U. and Stojanovic, J. (2011) Crystal structure and hydrogen bonding in vauxite, Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2•6H2O from Vitlovac locality, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Joint Meeting of the DGK, DMG and ÖMG, Salzburg, Austria, September 20-24, 2011; Abstracts Volume, p. 136.",{"id":155,"year":156,"html":157,"doi":158},65315,2016,"Ventruti, Gennaro; Schingaro, Emanuela; Monno, Alessandro; Lacalamita, Maria; Della Ventura, Giancarlo; Bellatreccia, Fabio; Cuocci, Corrado; Rossi, Manuela; Capitelli, Francesco (2016) Structure Refinement and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Vauxite From the Type Locality, Llallagua (Bolivia). \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  54 (1). 163-176 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1500060'>doi:10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1500060\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1500060",{"id":160,"year":161,"html":162,"doi":163},154228,2018,"Van Alboom, A., da Costa, G. M., De Grave, E. (2018) Deficiency of water molecules in the crystallographic structure of vauxite. \u003Ci>Physics and Chemistry of Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  45 (3) 249-257 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs00269-017-0913-2'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs00269-017-0913-2\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs00269-017-0913-2",[165,175,183,191,199,207,214,221,229,236,244,251,259,265,272,278,284,291,298,305,312,319,326,333,340,346,352,359,368,375,382,390,396,403,410,416,423,429,436,443,449,456,461,468,475,481,486,493,500,506,513,519],{"id":166,"source_url":167,"license_code":168,"credit_html":169,"title":170,"description":171,"author":172,"original_width":173,"original_height":174},27335,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122445","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122445\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-27142.jpg","\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>An aesthetically shaped crust of sparkly, tiny dark-blue vauxite crystals from the Type Locality, the Siglo XX Mine of Bolivia. Vauxite is an ultra-rare phosphate. Ex Marty Zinn Collection. 3.5 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",544,455,{"id":176,"source_url":177,"license_code":168,"credit_html":178,"title":179,"description":180,"author":172,"original_width":181,"original_height":182},27874,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10167857","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10167857\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-252672.jpg","\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: 3.4 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Vauxite is known in many forms and colors from Siglo Veinte, and this piece shows an excellent blue color. The piece hosts several layered crystal groups of fine blue color bladed Vauxite which are sitting on a very thin layer of white Wavellite. It is very difficult to obtain Vauxite crystals on matrix from this locality, and as you can see, the Vauxite aggregates are simply gorgeous under magnification. The color is good for the species as well.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",405,360,{"id":184,"source_url":185,"license_code":168,"credit_html":186,"title":187,"description":188,"author":172,"original_width":189,"original_height":190},84949,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10121870","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10121870\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-23831.jpg","\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>A beautiful miniature plate of sparkly blue acicular vauxite crystals from the worlds only source of this ultra-rare phosphate, the Siglo XX Mine in Bolivia. 3.5 x 2.5 x 0.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",550,390,{"id":192,"source_url":193,"license_code":168,"credit_html":194,"title":195,"description":196,"author":172,"original_width":197,"original_height":198},27336,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10137415","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10137415\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-70647.jpg","\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>Here we have a remarkable, very well crystallized, beautiful blue color, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite on allophane matrix. I have photographed the crystals under high magnification to show that they are truly terminated crystals and not just a blue mass. 4.2 x 4.0 x 1.2cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",569,576,{"id":200,"source_url":201,"license_code":168,"credit_html":202,"title":203,"description":204,"author":172,"original_width":205,"original_height":206},27337,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141389","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141389\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-131108.jpg","\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: 5.0 x 3.0 x 0.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Here we have a remarkable, very well crystallized, OUTSTANDING blue color, ridiculously rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite on clay matrix. These crystals of Vauxite show the most electric neon blue color that I’ve seen for the species, but it appears that the rich color is actually due to a micro coating of transparent Quartz on top of the Vauxite. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate, but this color is simply unheard of. This piece is from a NEW FIND at the type locality for this material which was 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>",742,504,{"id":208,"source_url":209,"license_code":168,"credit_html":210,"title":211,"description":212,"author":172,"original_width":213,"original_height":198},84950,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140599","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140599\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-121380.jpg","\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: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Here we have a remarkable, very well crystallized, rich blue color, ridiculously rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate. This piece is from the type locality for this material 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 matrix specimens of Vauxite from Bolivia. It is very difficult to obtain Vauxite specimens with such rich color that are not coated by micro Quartz nor have a dull grey overtone. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",511,{"id":215,"source_url":216,"license_code":168,"credit_html":217,"title":218,"description":219,"author":172,"original_width":220,"original_height":182},27338,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10150173","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10150173\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-172084.jpg","\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: 4.2 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Here we have a remarkable, very well crystallized, rich blue color, ridiculously rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate. This piece is from the type locality for this material 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 matrix specimens of Vauxite from Bolivia. It is very difficult to obtain Vauxite specimens with such rich color that are not coated by micro Quartz or have a dull grey overtone.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",368,{"id":222,"source_url":223,"license_code":168,"credit_html":224,"title":225,"description":226,"author":172,"original_width":227,"original_height":228},27339,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163381","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163381\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-228426.jpg","\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: 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Here we have a remarkable, very well crystallized, rich blue color, very rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite. This piece is from the type locality for this material 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 rare to find specimens of Vauxite with such rich color that are not coated by micro Quartz or have a dull grey overtone.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",492,432,{"id":230,"source_url":231,"license_code":168,"credit_html":232,"title":233,"description":234,"author":172,"original_width":235,"original_height":228},27340,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163395","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163395\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-228439.jpg","\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: 4.5 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Here we have a remarkable, well crystallized, superb venetian blue color, very rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite. They are truly terminated crystals and not just a blue mass. The piece is actually a thin shell of Vauxite which may have formed on top of some kind of clay (perhaps decomposed Allophane), which dissolved and left this \"crust\" of superb blue color Vauxite behind. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate. This piece is from the type locality for this material 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>",532,{"id":237,"source_url":238,"license_code":168,"credit_html":239,"title":240,"description":241,"author":172,"original_width":242,"original_height":243},84951,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10159358","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10159358\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-202003.jpg","\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: 2.6 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a gorgeous, complete, pristine, 5.5-mm spray of intense blue vauxite crystals, perched on stannite, from the type locality for the vauxite species. These species (3 of them) are all named after the generous philanthropist who funded four Academy expeditions to South America in search of specimens for the museum. Although the specimen has no Vaux Expedition label, its numbering in the 20,000's indicates a time in the early 1900's when expedition specimens were being sent back to the museum. This is its original habit now not seen in modern specimens. Ex. Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,387,{"id":245,"source_url":246,"license_code":168,"credit_html":247,"title":248,"description":249,"author":172,"original_width":250,"original_height":228},27341,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170351","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170351\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-266889.jpg","\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: 3.2 x 2.8 x 0.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Here we have a remarkable, well crystallized, superb venetian blue color, very rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite. The piece is actually a thin layer of Vauxite which may have formed on top of some kind of clay (perhaps decomposed Allophane), which dissolved and left this \"lace\"-like crust of superb blue color Vauxite behind. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate. This piece is from the type locality for this material 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>",487,{"id":252,"source_url":253,"license_code":168,"credit_html":254,"title":255,"description":256,"author":172,"original_width":257,"original_height":258},84954,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166465","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166465\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-246465.jpg","\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: 3.2 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sculptural and beautiful miniature crust plate of sparkly, gemmy, dark-blue acicular vauxite crystals from the Siglo Veinte Mine in Bolivia. Excellent material with very nice form.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",485,600,{"id":260,"source_url":261,"license_code":168,"credit_html":262,"title":263,"description":249,"author":172,"original_width":264,"original_height":182},84955,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170353","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170353\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-266890.jpg",423,{"id":266,"source_url":267,"license_code":168,"credit_html":268,"title":269,"description":270,"author":172,"original_width":271,"original_height":206},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,{"id":273,"source_url":274,"license_code":168,"credit_html":275,"title":276,"description":277,"author":172,"original_width":242,"original_height":182},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":279,"source_url":280,"license_code":168,"credit_html":281,"title":282,"description":283,"author":172,"original_width":227,"original_height":228},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>",{"id":285,"source_url":286,"license_code":168,"credit_html":287,"title":288,"description":289,"author":172,"original_width":290,"original_height":228},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":292,"source_url":293,"license_code":168,"credit_html":294,"title":295,"description":296,"author":172,"original_width":297,"original_height":228},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":299,"source_url":300,"license_code":168,"credit_html":301,"title":302,"description":303,"author":172,"original_width":304,"original_height":182},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":306,"source_url":307,"license_code":168,"credit_html":308,"title":309,"description":310,"author":172,"original_width":311,"original_height":228},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>",495,{"id":313,"source_url":314,"license_code":168,"credit_html":315,"title":316,"description":317,"author":172,"original_width":318,"original_height":228},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":320,"source_url":321,"license_code":168,"credit_html":322,"title":323,"description":324,"author":172,"original_width":325,"original_height":182},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":327,"source_url":328,"license_code":168,"credit_html":329,"title":330,"description":331,"author":172,"original_width":332,"original_height":182},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":334,"source_url":335,"license_code":168,"credit_html":336,"title":337,"description":338,"author":172,"original_width":339,"original_height":228},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":341,"source_url":342,"license_code":168,"credit_html":343,"title":344,"description":345,"author":172,"original_width":206,"original_height":228},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":347,"source_url":348,"license_code":168,"credit_html":349,"title":350,"description":345,"author":172,"original_width":351,"original_height":182},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":353,"source_url":354,"license_code":168,"credit_html":355,"title":356,"description":357,"author":172,"original_width":358,"original_height":182},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":360,"source_url":361,"license_code":168,"credit_html":362,"title":363,"description":364,"author":365,"original_width":366,"original_height":367},16091,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6358386","Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6358386\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxit und Metavauxit - Llallagua, Bolivien.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vauxite\">Vauxite\u003C\u002Fa> und \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMetavauxite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Metavauxite\">Metavauxite\u003C\u002Fa> - Locality: Llallagua, Bolivien - Exposed in the Mineralogical Museum, Bonn, Germany","Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike)",2150,1700,{"id":369,"source_url":370,"license_code":168,"credit_html":371,"title":372,"description":373,"author":172,"original_width":374,"original_height":182},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":376,"source_url":377,"license_code":168,"credit_html":378,"title":379,"description":380,"author":172,"original_width":381,"original_height":182},27869,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148339","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148339\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-164028.jpg","\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: 2.8 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Vauxite is known in many forms and colors from Siglo XX, and this piece shows some of the darkest blue Vauxite that one will see, especially in smaller crystals. The piece hosts a few layered crystal groups of deep blue color Vauxite blades which are sitting on a thin \"wash\" of white botryoidal Wavellite on matrix. It is very difficult to obtain Vauxite crystals on matrix from this locality, and as you can see, the Vauxite aggregates are simply gorgeous under magnification. The color is about as deep as it gets for the species. One does not see many Vauxites with this color on the market, especially in well-crystallized specimens on MATRIX. Ex. Brian Kosnar.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",280,{"id":383,"source_url":384,"license_code":168,"credit_html":385,"title":386,"description":387,"author":172,"original_width":388,"original_height":389},27870,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148913","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148913\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-167091.jpg","\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: 3.0 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Vauxite is known in many forms and colors from Siglo XX, and this piece shows some of the darkest blue Vauxite that one will see, especially in smaller crystals. The piece hosts radiating crystal groups of deep blue color Vauxite blades which are wedged between a thin plate of white botryoidal Wavellite matrix. It is very difficult to obtain Vauxite crystals on matrix from this locality, and as you can see, the Vauxite aggregates are simply gorgeous under magnification. The color is about as deep as it gets for the species. Ex. Brian Kosnar.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",227,288,{"id":391,"source_url":392,"license_code":168,"credit_html":393,"title":394,"description":180,"author":172,"original_width":395,"original_height":228},27873,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10167856","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10167856\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Vauxite-252671.jpg",470,{"id":397,"source_url":398,"license_code":168,"credit_html":399,"title":400,"description":401,"author":172,"original_width":402,"original_height":228},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":404,"source_url":405,"license_code":168,"credit_html":406,"title":407,"description":408,"author":172,"original_width":409,"original_height":228},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":411,"source_url":412,"license_code":168,"credit_html":413,"title":414,"description":408,"author":172,"original_width":415,"original_height":182},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":417,"source_url":418,"license_code":168,"credit_html":419,"title":420,"description":421,"author":172,"original_width":422,"original_height":182},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":424,"source_url":425,"license_code":168,"credit_html":426,"title":427,"description":428,"author":172,"original_width":374,"original_height":182},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":430,"source_url":431,"license_code":168,"credit_html":432,"title":433,"description":434,"author":172,"original_width":435,"original_height":228},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":437,"source_url":438,"license_code":168,"credit_html":439,"title":440,"description":441,"author":172,"original_width":442,"original_height":198},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":444,"source_url":445,"license_code":168,"credit_html":446,"title":447,"description":441,"author":172,"original_width":448,"original_height":198},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":450,"source_url":451,"license_code":168,"credit_html":452,"title":453,"description":454,"author":172,"original_width":455,"original_height":182},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":457,"source_url":458,"license_code":168,"credit_html":459,"title":460,"description":454,"author":172,"original_width":264,"original_height":182},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",{"id":462,"source_url":463,"license_code":168,"credit_html":464,"title":465,"description":466,"author":172,"original_width":467,"original_height":182},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":469,"source_url":470,"license_code":168,"credit_html":471,"title":472,"description":473,"author":172,"original_width":474,"original_height":206},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":476,"source_url":477,"license_code":168,"credit_html":478,"title":479,"description":480,"author":172,"original_width":409,"original_height":228},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":482,"source_url":483,"license_code":168,"credit_html":484,"title":485,"description":480,"author":172,"original_width":242,"original_height":182},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":487,"source_url":488,"license_code":168,"credit_html":489,"title":490,"description":491,"author":172,"original_width":492,"original_height":228},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":494,"source_url":495,"license_code":168,"credit_html":496,"title":497,"description":498,"author":172,"original_width":499,"original_height":206},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":501,"source_url":502,"license_code":168,"credit_html":503,"title":504,"description":357,"author":172,"original_width":227,"original_height":505},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":507,"source_url":508,"license_code":168,"credit_html":509,"title":510,"description":511,"author":172,"original_width":318,"original_height":512},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":514,"source_url":515,"license_code":168,"credit_html":516,"title":517,"description":408,"author":172,"original_width":518,"original_height":182},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":520,"source_url":521,"license_code":168,"credit_html":522,"title":523,"description":511,"author":172,"original_width":318,"original_height":512},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",[525],{"id":526,"url":527,"label":528,"formula":529,"spacegroup":530,"year":132},14162,"\u002Fcif\u002F14162.cif","Baur 1968","Fe Al2 P2 O16 H14","P -1",[532],"Vauxiet",[534,538,542,546,550,553,556,559,563,567],{"lang":535,"names":536},"ar",[537],"فووكسيت",{"lang":539,"names":540},"ca",[541],"vauxita",{"lang":543,"names":544},"de",[545],"Vauxit",{"lang":547,"names":548},"es",[549],"Vauxita",{"lang":551,"names":552},"eu",[549],{"lang":554,"names":555},"fr",[7],{"lang":557,"names":558},"it",[7],{"lang":560,"names":561},"pl",[562],"Vauxyt",{"lang":564,"names":565},"ru",[566],"Воксит",{"lang":568,"names":569},"uk",[566],"Q414924",{"history":11,"applications":11}]