Certainly the rarest member of the "vauxite" family, this is an hydrated, iron, aluminum, phosphate hydroxide. Metavauxite was found at its best by Mark Bandy in the mid-1900s and so far as I know nothing of this magnitude has come out since, plus it’s comparable to a specimen from his collection in the LA County Museum. It is simply off the charts for the species, both colorful and simply HUGE. The crystal is lustrous and translucent with a pleasing pastel green color.
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