AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Morocco > Vanadinite with Calcite on Barite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 62953 |
Mineral: | Vanadinite with Calcite on Barite |
Locality: | Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco |
Description: | Lustrous vivid red-orange vanadinite crystals over bladed brown barite. The vanadinite crystals are stubby hexagonal form with flat basal pinacoid terminations. Select faces on the rear of the vanadinite are coated with brown calcite microcrystals. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x4x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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