Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020. This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty of Munich Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 157, January-February 2020, page 49
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)
Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.65” × 0.67”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”
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