Vanadinite

Item Description

Aesthetically perched along the contrasting matrix, is an elongate series of lustrous, brick-red Vanadinite crystal clusters from the famous Mibladen mining district of Morocco. At least four dozen lustrous, hexagonal crystals from 0.5 to 1 cm across are situated along the crest of the piece and cascade part way down the front. The crystals are all translucent and display red-orange highlights at their interior and are attractively clustered on the variegated orange-tan matrix that contains a an elongate white patch right in front for great effect! This is a classic style - an old specimen, only #21377 in the collection, out of over 100,000 pieces!