AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Morocco > Vanadinite (uncommonly large crystals) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75313 |
Mineral: | Vanadinite (uncommonly large crystals) |
Locality: | Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco |
Description: | Six interconnected lustrous translucent red to red-brown vanadinite crystals with no matrix. The vanadinite crystals are blocky hexagonal form with select faces colored brown by microscopic inclusions (hematite or goethite?). Two crystals are quite large Collected ca. 1995 |
Overall Size: | 27x17x16 mm |
Crystals: | 1-16 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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