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EC12AM2: Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 1.02” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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