Vanadinite on Barite with Hollandite (D. Trinchillo Sr. Coll.)

Item Description

Beautifully, gemmy and lustrous, cherry-red, tabular, vanadinite prisms to 6 mm are richly sprinkled on the CABINET matrix of solid barite. The coating of black hollandite on the barite blades is a stark contrast to the red vanadinites and snow-white barite. These vannies 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 and comes with a custom-made and engraved lucite base valued at $150 as a free bonus. This piece probably dates to the 1970s or 80s.