Vauxite, Paravauxite, Metavauxite, Sigloite, Quartz, Wavellite and Römerite Zinkenite “sword”-shaped crystal with a beautiful

“sword”-shaped crystal with a beautiful termination with golden Siderite and aesthetically flaring off Pyrite matrix

highly lustrous / vitreous

This is a very impressive specimen of this often overlooked and sometimes underappreciated phosphate

and it is one of the best crystalline Bolivian Silvers that I have handled in recent months

there is little to be desired

Vauxite, Paravauxite, Metavauxite, Sigloite, Quartz, Wavellite and Römerite Zinkenite “sword”-shaped crystal with a beautifulFrom the 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