AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Morocco > Vanadinite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 77255 |
Mineral: | Vanadinite |
Locality: | Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco |
Description: | Lustrous translucent red vanadinite crystals with microscopic brown subsurface inclusions on the rear-oriented crystal faces. The vanadinite crystals are tabular hexagonal form modified with {110, 120} edge faces on brown iron-oxide-rich matrix. Collected ca. 1995 |
Overall Size: | 8.5x5.5x6.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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