AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bolivia > Sigloite pseudomorphs after Paravauxite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 63000 |
Mineral: | Sigloite pseudomorphs after Paravauxite |
Locality: | Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality for Sigloite and Paravauxite) |
Description: | Translucent yellowish sigloite pseudomorphs after lath-like paravauxite crystals to 5 mm on microscopic yellow-orange limonite-stained quartz microcrystals on gray matrix. The paravauxite formed first then altered sigloite. |
Overall Size: | 5x4x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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