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VANADINITE from MOROCCO
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Mother nature has perched this exquisite cluster of vanadinite crystals squarely in the center of its matrix. The crystals are mostly doubly-terminated and are equant, lustrous and translucent. They reach 2 cm across. Gemmy orange to yellow highlights emanate from the crystals and a secondary phase of lustrous, tan vanadinite on the sides and backs of some crystals gives the specimen even more character by highlighting the frontal faces. Mesmerizing for its geometry, this is a killer large miniature or small small cab! Pristine!
This is a sculptural assemblage on matrix of dozens of fat, lustrous and translucent, gear-shaped, crystals of vanadinite to 1.7 cm across. Gemmy highlights of orange and yellow emanate from the crystals - which are mostly doubly-terminated and upright. The starkly upright crystals are unusual, from previous finds, against contrasting matrix. This is a lovely, nearly pristine specimen of vanadinite with just the most trivial of micro-dings here or there, hard to spot, and miraculous given the size and exposure of the specimen. A fine, large cabinet piece.
This specimen has super-lustrous, sharply equant, doubly-terminated, translucent crystals of vanadinite to 1.5 cm across starkly isolated (this is important!) on the matrix. The brick-reddish crystals exhibit orange to yellow highlights which makes this pocket so distinct. The larger crystals have enough separation which allows them to viewed in their best light and highlights the geometry so splendidly. As with most of the pocket I present here, the piece was removed and trimmed to be as close to pristine as you can really get for something this big and exposed, a remarkable feat of collecting
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