Vanadinite on Barite

Item Description

Scintillating, partially gemmy, brick-red to brown vanadinite prisms to 1.0 cm richly encrust the sculptural matrix plate of parallel-growth clusters of snow-white barite blades from Mibladen, Morocco. The light coating of iron oxides adds character. This excellent and very showy specimen is from the great finds of the late 1990s and early 2000s, considered to be the finest vanadinite on barite specimens from Morocco. They were very highly desirable. Highly representative of the species and find. This fine piece looks good from either side, as you can see. The vannies are in great shape.