Wendel-Minerals | Item: 7109 - Vanadinite-Taouz | Errachidia Province | Drâa-Tafilalet Region

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Vanadinite on Coronadite

Taouz | Errachidia Province | Drâa-Tafilalet Region | Morocco

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^600.00€
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Article ID

7109

Size

4.9 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm

Size Description

Miniature

Status

AVAILABLE

Description

This elegant miniature sized specimen comes from early finds in Taouz in the 1960s when the Vanadinites from Mibladen were not yet known. This is a contrastful and extremely attractive piece of red Vanadinite on Coronadite. Several dark red, translucent, hexagonal Vanadinite crystals up to 1.3 cm in diameter are loosely set on a mounded surface of satin-black Coronadite. The Vanadinites are luminous and have a bright, silky luster. Many specimens from here contain the black mineral commonly referred to as "manganese oxides" or "Goethite", but this is actually Coronadite and it makes a rustic and beautifully contrasting combination specimen. Coronadite is a lead-manganese oxide and not particularly rare, but as in this case, it makes a dramatic background.