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EK46AM0: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from those known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tones, to acicular forms with yellowish orange color, also very intense. On matrix, with lamellar crystals of Barite. From a find in the area of 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: 3.7 × 2.4 × 3 cm = 1.46” × 0.94” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”
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