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RR27S7: Spindled prismatic crystals of Vanadinite. They are very acute and most of them have hollowed growths, their color is reddish brown and they are with Calcite on matrix. It is an historical sample, that comes from the Elbert Barron collection, as is shown on the original label and collection card, and it was purchased by Folch at El Paso, in 1959.
San Carlos Mine (Apex Mine), San Carlos, Municipio Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua Mexico (±1959)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.2 × 5.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.44” × 2.05”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”
With handwritten note & record from the Folch Collection (duplicates) Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
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