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Augelite
- Machacamarca mine
- Colavi
- Potosí Department
- Bolivia
- 6.1 × 3.9 × 1.1 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Augelite is a hydrous aluminum phosphate. Blomstrand (1868) first described the mineral from Sweden, naming the species using Greek root auge, for luster.
Augelite forms colorless gemmy crystals to 6 mm on matrix with baryte, pyrite, and quartz. From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona.
Price: $85
Item code: MS1862
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