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4.0 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm. Moroccan Vanadinites simply are the finest examples of the species extant. This piece features excellent red and brownish-red, sharp, lustrous, tabular crystals on contrasting pink matrix. A very good quality Vanadinite miniature from this most famous of localities. Ex. Brian Kosnar.
5.7 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm. An UNUSUAL and VERY SHOWY pseudomorph of intensely sparkly, brown descloiszite pseudomorphing elongated vanadinite prisims from the less well-known Aurora Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. The nest of smaller crystals is "protected" by a crude "fence" of descloizite "branches." A unique-looking and unusual, two-sided pseudo resting on a bit of gossan matrix. There are even a few calcite rhombs perched atop the fence posts.
8.8 x 7.2 x 6.3 cm. Apache Mine (aka Defiance Mine) vanadinites are rarely available today. This is a large and very rich one, with the typically smallish (though not as small as most), very lustrous, deep brick-red color. Most Apache Mine specimens you see these days are not only smaller, but the vanadinite looks more like a druse - so this is quite impressive. Ex. Dave Stoudt Collection.
2.5 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm. This is a fine Vanadinite from the Pure Potential mine featuring highly lustrous, rich orange-red color, “hoppered” (skeletal) habit crystals.
4.5 x 3 x 3 cm. Thick (up to .9 cm!) vanadinite crystals with very nice orange-red color and highly desired mirror-like luster on all six sides of the crystals. Older specimen.
5.2 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm. These Vanadinites look like fine Pyromorphites, and for many years they got away with this masquerade in marketing them in the late 1960s and 1970s when they came out before the red ones for which Morocco is now famous. These barrel-shaped crystals, up to .8 cm, have good color, excellent luster, and a nice translucence. Ex. Martin Lewadny Collection.
6.5 x 6 x 4.6 cm. A fine light gray-brown specimen that came from the famous finds of the late 70's. These crystals show the typical barrel/hopper form of Pyromorphite, and the luster on all crystal sides is excellent...except it really IS vanadinite.
3.5 x 3 x 1.6 cm. A beautiful cluster of lustrous doubly-terminated prisms of a most unusual habit for Vanadinite. The crystals, which range up to .8 cm in length, have a lovely rich red color and a uniform bright luster. They were collected in 1988 by Mark Hay, Dick Morris and George Godas. Ex. Martin Lewadny Collection.
3 x 2 x 1.3 cm. This is one of the classic Vanadinites that truly demonstrates the solid solution series with Pyromorphite. The green hexagonal crystals (about 3mm) have superb luster and hoppered terminations, just like pyromorphite. They are sharp and attractive. For added emphasis many of the crystals have orange terminations. Ex. Wendell E. Wilson Collection.
2.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm. A fine cluster of deep orange-red tabular hexagonal crystals, the classic habit for the species. The luster varies from good to superb, and the partially gemmy crystals are arranged around a central 1.4 cm Vanadinite. Ex. Wendell E. Wilson Collection.
4.7 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm. An old-time, uncommon and showy combination specimen of lustrous, butterscotch-colored wulfenite blades richly covering matrix. Adjacent to the wulfenites are patches of rust-brown vanadinite microcrystals. Ex. Harvard and George Elling Collections.
3.7 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm. From the Ruggiero collection, glossy crystals of red vanadinite standing dramatically on edge on the matrix; this is an older piece, acquired by Ruggiero from Pala in 1975.
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.0 cm. Hoppered, lustrous and translucent, orange colored crystals of vanadinite, to 1.25 cm in length, emanate from a seam of colorless calcite on matrix. Ex. Carnegie Museum Collection.
10.1 x 6.2 x 3.0 cm. This is a rare pseudomorph of wulfenite crystals, to 1.5 cm across, being replaced by a druse of orange-brown, lustrous vanadinite crystals which also coat them. Ex. Carnegie Museum Collection.
7.2 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm. Doubly terminated, brownish crystals, to .4 cm across abound with colorless rhombohedral calcite, to .7 cm across. Ex. Carnegie Museum Collection.
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share specimen![Vanadinite from Mibladene (Mibladén; Mibladan; Miblanden), Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-167127a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-167127a.jpg)
![Descloizite, Vanadinite from Aurora Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Mun. de Coyame, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-168829a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-168829a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Apache Mine (Defiance Mine; Defiance Lead Mine; Apache Vanadium Mine; Defiance vein; Vanadium shaft), Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, G [db_pics/mdpics/MD-172374a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-172374a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Pure Potential Mine (North Geronimo Mine), Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176488a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176488a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Mibladene (Mibladén; Mibladan; Miblanden), Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176721a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176721a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176722a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176722a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176722b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176722b.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176723a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176723a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Western Mine (Western Union Mine; Black & Tan Mine), Stockton Hill, Stockton Camp District (Stockton Hills District), Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Ariz [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176724a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176724a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine (Puzzler claim), Adams Mine group (Adams claims), Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176725a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176725a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Puzzler Mine (Puzzler claim), Adams Mine group (Adams claims), Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176725b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176725b.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Mibladen Mine, Mibladene (Mibladén; Mibladan; Miblanden), Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-176727a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-176727a.jpg)
![Wulfenite, Vanadinite from Searchlight District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-177360a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-177360a.jpg)
![Wulfenite, Vanadinite from Searchlight District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-177360b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-177360b.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Mibladen Mine, Mibladene (Mibladén; Mibladan; Miblanden), Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-178712a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-178712a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Grey Horse Mine (Grayhorse property; Black Cap; U.S. Vanadium group; Sullivan claims; J.J. Sullivan prospects; Esperanza group; Coral Canyon claim), Riverside, Riverside District, [db_pics/mdpics/MD-184594a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-184594a.jpg)
![Vanadinite from Grey Horse Mine (Grayhorse property; Black Cap; U.S. Vanadium group; Sullivan claims; J.J. Sullivan prospects; Esperanza group; Coral Canyon claim), Riverside, Riverside District, [db_pics/mdpics/MD-184594b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-184594b.jpg)
![Vanadinite, Wulfenite from Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos patented claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa [db_pics/mdpics/MD-184600a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-184600a.jpg)
![Vanadinite, Wulfenite from Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos patented claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa [db_pics/mdpics/MD-184600b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-184600b.jpg)
![Vanadinite, Calcite from Puzzler Mine (Puzzler claim), Adams Mine group (Adams claims), Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-184606a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-184606a.jpg)