Vauxite butterfly twin but most of the crystals

but most of the crystals are undamaged

prismatic colorless Quartz crystals on matrix

well-formed faces on the piece

Monazite is usually found in granitic pegmatites

highly displayable specimens as this one

Vauxite butterfly twin but most of the crystalsAn attractive, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare specimen consisting of beautiful blue color, radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite on matrix. I have photographed the crystals under the microscope to show that they are truly terminated crystals and not just a blue mass. It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful phosphate, especially nice matrix pieces like this one. This piece is from the type locality for