Vanadinite on Calcite from Apex Mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 79921
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite on Calcite
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| Locality: | Apex Mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent red-orange vanadinite crystals to 2.5 mm on translucent colorless calcite crystals to 4 mm lining convoluted cavities in brecciated matrix. The vanadinite crystals are short hexagonal prisms with textured basal pinacoid faces. Collected ca. 1980 |
| Overall Size: | 5x4x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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