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Mineral Specimens with Vanadinite
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5.6 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm. A very unusual specimen of vanadinite, where much of the specimen formed as compound crystals. They have very fine glassy luster.
3.5 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm. Lustrous orange/red crystals of vanadinite, to one centimeter, piled up on a shard of matrix.
7.4 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm. Beautiful barrel-shaped crystals of vanadinite, of an intense red color, with a fine, glassy luster - from the prime worldwide vanadinite locality. The largest crystal here is 0.8 cm in length. Nice contrast between the big crystals and the little ones scattered around them.
7.3 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm. The most famous vanadinite specimens are the ones where the vanadinites are on a bed of bladed white barite, such as you see in this specimen. The crystals here are not large, but have super luster and great color, and are scattered in an aesthetic way over the edges of the stacked, starkly contrasting barite blades.
3.9 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm. You can see how these fine Taouz vanadinite crystals differ from the more common (and familiar) ones from Mibladen. They have orange tones and a beautiful shimmering, almost iridescent quality to them. Also, the black contrasting matrix is very distinctive and adds further beauty. These crystals measure to one centimeter.
4.2 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm. A SUPERB, AESTHETIC and pristine cluster of highly lustrous, CURVED, honey-brown vanadinite crystals from Touissit, Morocco. The crystal form and quality is outstanding and this is one of the finest vanadinites of this variety that I have seen. It looks like a pyromorphite and has many display possibilities. Ex. George Elling Collection.
20.3 x 15.3 x 5.5 cm. A STRIKING LARGE CABINET plate festooned with gemmy, orange-brown vanadinite crystals to 3 mm on matrix from the J.C. Holmes Mine of Arizona. Very trivial bruising is certainly not detracting from this excellent, old-time piece. Ex. Charlie Freed Collection and self-collected in the mid 1960s.
2.9 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm. A cluster of GLASSY crystals, actually slightly transparent (unusual for vanadinites of this size), to one centimeter. These are thick crystals, showing some hoppered growth on their sides. A beautiful thumber!
7.4 x 6.4 x 5. cm. The Gray Horse is an old and little-known locality that goes back nearly a century. It was a source of vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten and chromium in oxidized lead deposits. If you are adventurous, you can still get up to the mine workings and find some things, though it is not easy. Many collectors have never seen anything at all from this mine - you just do not see them on the market. These are little translucent, bright red, barrel-shaped vanadinite crystals on a bed of calcite crystals.
5.5 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm. The vanadinites from Mibladen that are on white bladed barite are generally considered the prettiest for the species. Here are glassy, bright red crystals scattered on a bed of barite blades.
10.7 x 7.4 x 3.8 cm. When was the last time you saw a Melba Mine vanadinite? They are just NOT around. This one was in the inventory of an old Arizona rock shop, and turned up as one of those flukes. Like most specimens from here, the crystals are small, but very sparkly, with bright orange-to-red tones. One entire face of this specimen is covered with these drusy crystals.
7.6 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm. A specimen of INCREDIBLY sparkly crystals of vanadinite from the prime locality for this species, which have grown in a sort of fan of thin rows, adding to the overall aesthetics. Beautiful, as you can see!
6.4 x 4.4 x 3.9 cm. An unusually SCULPTURAL vanadinite specimen from Mibladen! There is no matrix here save for a thin slice at the very bottom - this specimen is just richly piled up, elongated compound crystals - one "fan" in particular stretching a full 4 cm!
3.0 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm. A beautiful classic Vanadinite specimen consisting of highly lustrous, red-orange color prismatic hexagonal crystals, forming a beautiful little mound. Superb quality all the way around. These specimens might be somewhat common these days, but they deserve more attention for being some of the most impressive for the species extant. Ex. Brian Kosnar Collection.
11.1 x 10.9 x 2.7 cm. It is generally agreed that the finest vanadinites on earth are the ones on white bladed barite from Mibladen. Here is a BIG plate with dozens of deep red crystals with a candy luster, on barite that varies from white to orange (from hematite coloring). WOW!!
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