| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Vanadinite and Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 44916 |
| Mineral: | Vanadinite and Calcite |
| Locality: | Old Yuma Mine, west of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona |
| Description: | Translucent orange vanadinite crystals on two faces of matrix with colorless calcite microcrystalline coating over the vanadinite in one area. The vanadinite crystals are complex form of repeated, parallel hexagonal crystals with secondary edge faces. Ex. Chas. W. Velte Jr. (1914-1987) |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x4x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 1 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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