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Vanadinite

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Vanadinite

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Description
Locality: 
Taouz, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

A very aesthetic and classy Moroccan specimen of glassy and gemmy, two-toned, red and black, vanadinite barrels to 8 mm jauntily set on contrasting, matte-black, botryoidal crust of either goethite or manganese oxides (not analyzed) from the limited finds in the early 1980s from Taouz.
Only a limited amount of fine vanadinite came from Taouz.
Ex Hoffmann collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vanadinite

Formula: 
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zimapán, Mun. de Zimapán, Hidalgo, Mexico