Vanadinite
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 12.08.2020 | Filed under:

Vanadinite

Specimen # 300001
Mineral: Vanadinite
Location: ACF Mine, Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
Size: 5.2 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm

Description

A cluster of wonderful vanadinite crystals. Great colour, with such sharp crystals. This is a superb specimen from the ACF Mine Workings at Mibladen.

For more about the Mibladen Mining District, including photos of some of the vanadinite workings, see Morocco: The Northern Sahara and the Atlas Mountains (Part 2). (Note, the big hole depicted in the first photograph in the other half of the article – see Part 1 –  is a vanadinite specimen-mining operation at Coud’a.)


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