The good news is that I directly obtained this specimen from the miner who collected it
This is a very impressive specimen of this often overlooked and sometimes underappreciated phosphate
“sword”-shaped crystal with a beautiful termination with golden Siderite and aesthetically flaring off Pyrite matrix
highly lustrous / vitreous
The piece has good color and luster
Vauxite, Paravauxite, Metavauxite, Sigloite, Quartz, Wavellite and Römerite Zinkenite The good news is thatFrom 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