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Vanadinite

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RBR161495

Vanadinite

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Description
Locality: 
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

This beautiful specimen shows dozends of sharp terminated, red and lustrous Vanadinites. But the highlight is a free-standing cluster, bigger than all others. It is perfect crystallized all around and has contact to the matrix only on a few mm². The specimen is an undamaged floater and shows highest aesthetics.

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