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20916 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals on Manganese Oxide Mibladen Mining District, Morocco Basilosaurus Teeth Mg)[AsO4]2·H2O
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Description
Mg)[AsO4]2·H2O
The size of this fragment of Onchopristis rostral bone is probably only about a third of its original length
coarse channel fill
Extremely rare specimen
Octávio Mateus
20916 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals on Manganese Oxide Mibladen Mining District, Morocco Basilosaurus Teeth Mg)[AsO4]2·H2OVanadinite is a mineral belonging to the apatite group of phosphates, with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl. It is one of the main industrial ores of the metal vanadium and a minor source of lead. A dense, brittle mineral, it is usually found in the form of red hexagonal crystals. It is an uncommon mineral, formed by the oxidation of lead ore deposits such as galena. First discovered in 1801 in Mexico, vanadinite deposits have since been unearthed in