BLP6 Vauxite

Siglo XX Mine, Near Llalagua, Oruro Dept., Bolivia (2008)

2.0x 1.6x 1.4 cm

$150

A thumbnail vauxite specimen, with a globular cluster on a scrap of white hedyphane. 

This specimen is a much darker blue than the average vauxite (and with better, deeper color than the photographs show). Most contemporary specimens tend to be lighter. 

Truely a top thumbnail, and a beautiful example of the species.  Collected by Alfredo Petrov.