Vanadinite (2008 find)

Item Description

Sharp, lustrous, brick-red, hexagonal, vanadinite prisms to 1.5 cm very richly cover all sides on this showy and excellent specimen from the 2008 find near Mibladen, Morocco. Many of the vannies show flashes of gemmy yellow-orange fire on one edge. Some crystals on the top of the front have a preferential coating of brown material, while the vannnies on the back all have the brown coating. For all of the crystal density, only one crystal on the front and one on an edge are bruised. Highly representative of the species and find. The bit of matrix is a nice accent.