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Vanadinite On Quartz

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Vanadinite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Taouz, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 6.6 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
145.00gr
Description

Short prismatic red hemimorphic crystals of vanadinite of intense lustre, red colour and hexagonal contour isolated on a crust of black manganese oxides on interpenetrated quartz crystals. Quartz matrices for vanadinite from Taouz is historically known but extremely rare nowadays.

Acquired in early 1980’s by Emile Requette, specimen #148.

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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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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