Vanadinite
Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountain District Saguaro National Park, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Moroccan vanadinites dominate on a world -wide basis, but American vanadinites, like this one formerly in the collection of Ed Ruggiero, can be just as lovely. Quite frankly, this one is a stunner, with discrete,lustrous,translucent, orange crystals to .5 cm across.on a black manganese rich matrix. 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm
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