Vanadinite with Calcite from San Carlos Mine, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78683
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite with Calcite
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| Locality: | San Carlos Mine, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent orange to olive-colored vanadinite crystals to 18 mm (!) with lustrous rhombohedral transparent colorless calcite crystals to 9 mm. The vanadinite crystals are stout hexagonal prisms, with hoppered basal pinacoid terminations. Collected in 2019 |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x2.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-18 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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