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MD-267005
Vanadinite, Baryte, Hollandite
El Kwal, Mibladene (Mibladen; Mibladan; Miblanden), Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Cabinet, 14.3 x 9.6 x 7.9 cm
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Beautifully gemmy and lustrous, cherry-red, tabular vanadinite prisms to 6 mm are richly sprinkled on the cabinet matrix of solid baryte. The coating of black hollandite on the baryte blades is a stark contrast to the red vanadinites and snow-white baryte. These vanadinite have the color and gemminess of fine spinel crystals, but are not. This showy and excellent large piece is from the much less well-known El Kwal deposit near Mibladen. Ex. Daniel Trinchillo Sr. Collection. This piece probably dates to the 1970s or 1980s.