Unusual Vanadinite on Barite (Robert Fender Coll.)

Item Description

A very showy, very unusual Mibladen vanadinite on barite specimen from the famous finds of the late 1970s and early 80s. The matrix of solid, snow-white barite has been severely etched, leaving connected and isolated, upright, 3-dimensional fronds of classic Mibladen, iron oxide-coated, barite blades. The whole specimen, including the bottom, is richly covered with lustrous, tabular, brick-red, vanadinite crystals. I have never seen a Mibladen vanadinite on barite with this very unusual etching and form before. You get a totally different perspective of this facinating piece with every rotation! Valued at $300-500. Ex Robert Fender Collection. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON! Classic and desirable material.