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Bauxite

✦ Arkansas State Rock: Stone of Endurance ✦

Crystal lore: 🌳 Grounding🔥 Confidence

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Bauxite specimen
Bauxite with unweathered rock core. C 021.jpg · Wikimedia Commons (see file page for author & license)

📜 Key facts

AgeArkansas bauxite formed about 55 million years ago (Paleocene–Eocene)
Origin & sourcesSaline and Pulaski Counties, Arkansas (the town of Bauxite), plus Australia, Guinea, Brazil and Jamaica. Bauxite has been Arkansas's state rock since 1967.
CompositionA mix of aluminum hydroxide minerals (gibbsite, boehmite, diaspore) with clay and iron oxides

How it forms

Tropical weathering leached silica out of aluminum-rich rock. In Arkansas this was nepheline syenite. The aluminum-rich residue left behind is bauxite, often with pea-like 'pisolites'.

🌍 Where it's found

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  • Notable source / deposit
  • Country of origin

Marker positions are approximate (region or locality level). Type localities from Wikidata; notable sources curated by Crystopedia.

✨ Metaphysical & Folklore

These are traditional and folk beliefs from crystal lore. They are not scientific or medical claims – crystals are not a substitute for professional care.

The state rock of Arkansas, the ore of aluminum, is associated in lore with stability, practicality and hard work.

Traditional uses
stability, practicality, perseverance
Chakra
Root Sacral
Zodiac
♑Capricorn
Element
🌿Earth

💞 Pairs well with (traditional pairings)

AgateA natural partner for stability; Agate also adds composure. Tiger's EyeWorks the same Sacral & Root chakra, adding confidence. AmberShares the Sacral chakra; adds warmth to bauxite's stability. Black TourmalineAnother Root chakra stone, used alongside bauxite for protection. Clear QuartzLifts and clarifies bauxite's grounding energy; clear quartz is said to amplify any stone.

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