Vauxite (outstanding color!)

A remarkable, very well-crystallized, OUTSTANDING blue color, ridiculously rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite on clay matrix. I have photographed the crystals under the microscope to show that they are truly terminated crystals and not just a blue mass. I must point out that 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 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 find in July of 2007 at the type locality for the species which was originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. To the best of my knowledge, Vauxite is still only found in one locality in the world, and you would be hard pressed to find better color Vauxite anywhere!

Specimen # BOL711B182