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Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

17 x 14 mm specimen of microcrystalline blue vauxite. RFC T1697.
 © Michael C. RoarkePhoto ID: 99090    View Count: 184

Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

5mm wide FOV. Blue vauxite crystals, type locality. RFC T1672.
 © Michael C. RoarkePhoto ID: 95731    View Count: 168

Multiple photos availableVauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

27 x 20 mm. Ex: Tresa Kosnar Collection, Minette Collection.
 © Joseph A. Freilich LLCPhoto ID: 167629    View Count: 127

Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

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
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 23831    View Count: 628

Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Superb electric blue Vauxite specimen with Wavellite spheres casts. Note the great 360° round radial aggregate on top...absolutely outstanding crystal aggregate over smaller one.
Really one of the best aggregates ever seen! From the type locality for Vauxite. Sizes cm 2,5x2x1.
 © E. MariniPhoto ID: 151542    View Count: 179

Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Unusually bright and sparkly color. 3.9 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 20505    View Count: 404

Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Vauxite from Mina Siglo XX, Llallagua, Potosí

A concretion like growth made up of many small, intensely blue crystals. A fairly rare specimen that is hard to find, as it comes from one of the famous finds of the 1950s.
From the David Lucas collection, number 695.

Size:3.5 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm
 © fabreminerals.comPhoto ID: 56313    View Count: 194

Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O, Quartz : SiO2, Pyrite : FeS2

Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Radial vauxite cluster perched on pyrite-coated quartz crystal. Alfredo Petrov collection, mined 2005, 2.2cm.

Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 23rd Apr 2007
 © alfredo petrovPhoto ID: 81254    View Count: 529

Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Picture width 4mm. Photographer and collection O. Dziallas.
 © O. DziallasPhoto ID: 37717    View Count: 420

Vauxite : Fe2+Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 6H2O

Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

A rich plate of crystals of this very rare and beautiful phosphate species. This is from a small hoard I purchased many years ago, from the Marty Zinn collection. As is typical for the material, this is a thin plate of solid vauxite. 3.3 x 3.2 x 0.7 cm

 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 32095    View Count: 401
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