Vauxite (great color) (new find!)

Item Description

Here we have a remarkable, very well crystallized, OUTSTANDING blue color, ridiculously rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite. I have photographed the crystals under high magnification to show that they are truly terminated crystals and not just a blue mass. The rich color is acutally due to a micro coating of transparent Quartz on top of the Vauxite which magnifies the color. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate, but this color is hard to find. This piece is from the 2007 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. Valued at $1250 retail. If you're a rare species collector, do not miss out on one of the best matrix Vauxite specimens we've offered in the auctions.