TRR14AO4: Floater group of tabular Vanadinite crystals, with good luster and an intense and uniform red color.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Bou Almaden (Bou el Maden), Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”

TM14AN2: Parallel growth of Vanadinite crystals with pyramidal shapes, with bright luster and a very vivid and uniform red color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bou Almaden (Bou el Maden), Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.55” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1.7 ×  0.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.24”

GF36Q1: Very aerial group of doubly terminated crystals of good size, with parallel growths and deep color with orange-brown reflections.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1980)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

TC2190NLR: Floater group of tabular Vanadinite crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths. Lustrous, and bright red on the front and with orange tones on the back.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 784), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2018)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.02”

LX69AK2: Druse of thick tabular crystals with well defined pyramidal faces, some of them with parallel polycrystalline growths that form palisades with aesthetic twists. The extraordinarily lustrous crystals are a very bright and uniform red-magenta color, lighter and matte in the back. The specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 659), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 1.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

TC2540LTL: Polysynthetic Vanadinite single crystal very aerial, floater, with good luster and a very vivid color and associated with small white Calcite coatings.
The specimen comes from the collection of Philippe Morelon (number 657), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.18” × 0.87”

MH86AF3: Thick tabular Vanadinite crystals, very well defined, translucent, bright and with a very deep color. They are on a matrix of white Baryte crystals with small black oxide coatings. Really spectacular.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (± 2014)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.7 × 5.4 cm = 4.02” × 3.03” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

TF99T3: Irregular aggregate of red tabular crystals with well developed pyramidal faces on one of their terminations, with the opposite termination clearly flat. They are on matrix, with botryoidal growths of Goethite and an unidentified white carbonate. The mine is a very uncommon one and it supplied a small amount of significant samples for only a short time.
The specimen has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 7 in the volume 9/2011
T-West Mine, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 8.1 × 4.6 cm = 5.59” × 3.19” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”

EPP86AP6: Hexagonal cyclic Cerussite twins with two distinct growth phases, the first with darker tones, and later bordered by translucent crystal forms, with cream tones.
Different from what is usually found in Mibladen.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.94”

ELQ17AP6: Parallel growths of twinned Cerussite crystals formed in two phases, the first with equant crystals of a yellowish color and the second with very sharp crystals of flattened habit, translucent, lustrous satiny white.
Different from what is usually found in Mibladen.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.06”

TM14AB7: Very aerial group of twinned Cerussite crystals whose shape is very uncommon for Mibladen samples, with very smooth surfaces and very well defined prism faces. They are on a Dolomite matrix with aggregates of laminar Baryte crystals.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.56” × 1.85” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.63”

EV26V1: Twinned (cyclic twin) dipyramidal crystals of Cerussite. They are bright, have an intense yellow color and are on matrix with aggregates of pinkish crystals of Baryte and with Galena. A Moroccan classic.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 272 in the volume 44, number 3
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 10.5 × 3.8 cm = 5.31” × 4.13” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”

EZ60Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Spheroidal nodule formed by small lenticular Azurite crystals that have an intense color and good luster. They are on an unusual matrix of Gypsum crystals and with Malachite. The sample is from a small area of old abandoned mines between Aouli and Mibladen, now rediscovered thanks to intensive manual mineral collecting at this zone.
Lizaste, Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.67”

EM14Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Double spheroidal nodule formed by small lenticular Azurite crystals that have intense color and good luster. They are on an unusual matrix of fibrous Gypsum and with Malachite. The sample is from a small area of old abandoned mines between Aouli and Mibladen, now rediscovered thanks to intensive manual mineral collecting at this zone.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2013 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 112, page 11
Lizaste, Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 1.69”

TC2140MPN: Group of Wulfenite crystals, on matrix, very sharp, one of them dominant, with good luster and an intense red color. different from the usual in Mibladen.
The specimen is from the Caroline Martaud wulfenite collection.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2011)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

MG48AA9: Isolated Wulfenite crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, with a shape and color (intense red) very different than usual for the locality.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.4 × 5.2 cm = 2.60” × 2.52” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

ER14AM3: Druse of Quartz crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, and with a very vivid color, with inclusions of red Hematite and very well defined phantom growths. A classic for this mine but with a more vivid color than usual.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.56” × 1.85” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

EM62E6: What color! A very lively red that contrasts well with the white Baryte matrix. The Vanadinite crystals are undamaged on all their faces, and, because they are aerial, very visible.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2001)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

EB48AJ9: From a recent find, found deeper than usual at the Koudiat Mohamedine area. Parallel polycrystalline aggregates forming a feather-like growth of crystals with a tabular shape, extraordinarily bright with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color and slightly mat on the back side.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.2 × 0.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.87” × 0.24”

TC860EX: Druse, on matrix, of short prismatic Vanadinite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, which form aesthetic palisades and parallel growths, with good luster and a very vivid color. The specimen comes from a 2019 find in Coud'a, made at levels deeper than usual and from which high quality specimens were obtained.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

EF73AJ9: From a discovery of the year 2019 made in more depth than usual at the Coud'a area. Parallel polycrystalline aggregates forming walls with esthetic twisting and feather-like growths of crystals with a tabular shape, a lot of them doubly terminated, some with hollow growths, extraordinarily bright with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color and slightly mat on the back side.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.75”

SV3440NFX: A great discovery, like the one that occurred in the Coud’a area, Mibladen, between April and May of 2019, yields exceptional pieces but also “satellite” pieces, pleasant ones, that due to the magnitude of the find, can be reasonably priced.
This is a piece on matrix, and it is in perfect condition. Its color is pleasant, and overall it is a good representative of the species for any collection, as evidenced by its previous stay in the Miguel David Martínez collection with the number 761. We will send the label to the buyer.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.01” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

EXF92ASN2: From a find at greater depth than usual in the Coud'a area, specifically in Mohamedine, this specimen consists of polycrystalline aggregates of Vanadinite, forming plume-like parallel growths of tabular crystals, extraordinarily bright and with a red-magenta color. The back of the crystals is matte.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2024)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 2.60” × 1.34” × 1.18”

MZ27AK6: Polycrystalline floater of Vanadinite with flattened hexagonal forms, very sharp, and of unusual size. The intensely red faces are uniformly brilliant. This specimen came from a recent find in Mohamedin, Coud'a, shortly before Munich 2019, from a deeper level in the mine than the usual pieces. It is as exceptional as the image shows.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 53 of the 2020/01 edition.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.64” × 2.40” × 0.98”

EL96AM3: From a 2019 discovery at a greater depth than usual in the Coud'a area. With polycrystalline groups and parallel growths of Vanadinite crystals with a thick tabular habit, on matrix, many of them doubly terminated and with hopper growths. Very lustrous and with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color, less intense on the back. High quality.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.7 × 6.7 cm = 2.68” × 1.46” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

EA91AJ9: From a recent find, found deeper than usual at the Koudiat Mohamedine area. Parallel polycrystalline aggregates forming a feather-like growth of crystals with a thick tabular shape, a lot of them doubly terminated, extraordinarily bright with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color and slightly mat on the back.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 7 × 3 × 1 cm = 2.76” × 1.18” × 0.39”

EF97AN1: From a deeper find than usual in the Coud'a area, parallel polycrystalline aggregates that form a feathery growth of very lustrous and uniform tabular crystals with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color, slightly less bright on the back.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 1.7 × 1 cm = 2.83” × 0.67” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.59”

EF86AN1: From a find deeper than usual in the Coud'a area, with large and thick tabular crystals, extraordinarily lustrous and with a very vivid and uniform red color, slightly less bright and lighter in color on the back.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01-02/2019)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.95” × 2.40” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.55”

ET46AL5: This specimen is from a recent discovery at a deeper depth than usual in the Coud'a area, with parallel polycrystalline aggregates that form a feathery growth of tabular habit crystals, extraordinarily bright and with a very lively and uniform red-magenta color. Slightly matte on the back.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.2 × 1.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.05” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 5.2 × 1.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.05” × 0.63”

MV37AL5: Parallel growths of thick tabular crystals that make up a single Vanadinite crystal with polycrystalline growths. The growths have marked pyramidal faces, shiny, and with a very vivid and uniform red-magenta color, slightly matte on the back. Different from other Vanadinites and with a huge single crystal for the species.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 53 of the 2020/01 edition.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.7 × 2 cm = 3.31” × 2.24” × 0.79”

EC92AJ9: The sample is from a find made at the Coud’a area in the first months of 2019, found much deeper than usual. Short prismatic crystals on matrix, some of them doubly terminated, extraordinarily bright and with a very intense reddish-brownish color with orange shades.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01-02/2019)

Specimen size: 9 × 5 × 3 cm = 3.54” × 1.97” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

EP27AE1: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2012. Aggregate of tabular Vanadinite crystals with polycrystalline growths on the pinacoidal faces and very well defined pyramidal faces. They are bright, have a very vivid and uniform color and are implanted on a sandstone matrix partially coated by black Mottramite microcrystals. The Mottramite, a novelty for the Mibladen area, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.2 × 5 cm = 3.94” × 2.44” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

EP26E7: The Baryte is very white, the Vanadinite is very red, the crystals are very aerial, it is a large specimen, and it is perfect. So lots to think about in this one.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (03/2002)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 10.5 × 3 cm = 5.31” × 4.13” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

EA11W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and show the faces of a pyramid. The crystals have polycrystalline growths on their edges that gives them a toothed appearance. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coat a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

EB11W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin prism faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coat a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 1.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.18” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

ED90W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin pyramidal faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coated a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.42” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

EM86AD6: Aggregate of fine tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges, good color and bordering a rocky matrix partially coated by black Mottramite microcrystals.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6 × 2.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.36” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

EH97W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent tabular and laminar crystals with a vivid red color, they have a dominant pinacoid with polycrystalline growths on their faces, and thin prismatic and pyramidal faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coat a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 2012’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 84 of number 5/2012
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.2 × 4.3 cm = 4.13” × 3.23” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

MA47AA9: Isolated Wulfenite crystals with a shape and color (intense red) very different than usual for the locality. On matrix, with Baryte.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.87” × 1.22” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

ME8AM9: Aerial and esthetic group of very sharp tabular Vanadinite crystals, with bright luster and an intense red color. A Moroccan classic that comes from the Robert J. Noble collection and that we will send to the buyer in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

ARM36AO1: Very aerial group, on matrix, of thick tabular Vanadinite crystals, with very bright luster and a very vivid and uniform red color. The specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

EK66P8: Very aerial group of thin tabular crystals with a dominant pinacoid, a thin prism and dipyramidal faces. Color and luster are excellent. The group is on a small matrix of Baryte.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

TN13AN2: Group of tabular Vanadinite crystals, of good size, with bright luster and a deep red color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

EJ66P8: Very aerial group of thin tabular crystals, one of them, the biggest, with a dominant pinacoid, a thin prism and dipyramidal faces. Color and luster are excellent. The group is on a small matrix of Baryte.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 255 in the volume 44, number 3
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 0.83” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

EM13AM2: Elongated 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: 3.5 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.94” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

EC13AM2: Elongated 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: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.46” × 1.26” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

ED14AM2: Elongated 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.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty of Munich Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 157, January-February 2020, page 49
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

EC37AM0: 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: 3.8 × 2.4 × 3.6 cm = 1.50” × 0.94” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

EF16AM0: 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: 4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

EG6AM2: Elongated 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: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.61” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

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”

EA96AM0: 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: 4.6 × 2.8 × 4.1 cm = 1.81” × 1.10” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

EF26AM2: 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: 4.8 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”

EE14AM2: 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.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty of Munich Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 157, January-February 2020, page 49
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.65” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

AB86AN0: Floater group of tabular Vanadinite crystals that form polycrystalline growths, with lustrous faces and a very vivid, intense and uniform red color. Different from others from this mine.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1994)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 1.42”

TJ56AB2: Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color, between orange and cream, and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal. The sample has been collected 200 meters deep in the old abandoned shafts at the ACF mine. Due to very difficult access and collecting, future recovery of such pieces is not expected.
ACF Mine, 200 m.↓, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2014)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.69” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

E64CB3: More orange color than usual. Nice contrast with the white Baryte matrix.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2001)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5.4 cm = 2.05” × 2.13”

EK94AE5: Aggregate on very little matrix of thick tabular crystals that are bright, with very well defined pinacoidal faces, parallel and skeletal growths on some of the prism faces. The crystals are considerably large, have an excellent red color, vivid and uniform. Of the best quality for Mibladen.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2016)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3 × 3 cm = 2.32” × 1.18” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.87”

ED76P9: A nice sample, with well individualized tabular crystals of Vanadinite of excellent color and luster. They are on a white Baryte matrix partially coated by Gypsum, an uncommon species on the samples from Mibladen.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.85” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

TH26AC9: Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color, between orange and cream, and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal. The sample was collected 200 meters deep in the old abandoned shafts at the ACF mine. Due to very difficult access and collecting, future recovery of such pieces is not expected.
ACF Mine, 200 m.↓, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2014)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

E97DB5: Large crystal size in this powerful Vanadinite on matrix.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.77”

EX27AM0: 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: 6.4 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.52” × 1.50” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

T26MCAB7: Thick tabular Vanadinite crystals that are bright and have a very intense and uniform color. They are on aggregates of white laminar Baryte crystals and are on matrix. The sample has been recovered from an old find in 1995 when only a few samples of good quality were recovered
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.60” × 1.77” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

AA96AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with good luster and a very deep color, on matrix, with book-like aggregates of snow-white lamellar Baryte crystals.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.60” × 2.24” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

AA27AM6: Thick tabular Vanadinite crystals, translucent, with a bright luster and an orange-red color and a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic from 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.52” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

DA50AD5: Aggregates of very well defined tabular Vanadinite crystals that are translucent, very bright and with a very vivid and uniform red color. They are on a rocky matrix with white aggregates of Baryte crystals. A Moroccan classic with great quality.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.72” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

EH26AM2: Elongated 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: 7.2 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.26” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

EJ56AM2: 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: 7.4 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 1.85” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

TE17AF3: Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color, between orange and cream, and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal. The sample has been collected 200 meters deep in the old abandoned shafts at the ACF mine. Due to very difficult access and collecting, future recovery of such pieces is not expected.
ACF Mine, 200 m.↓, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2014)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.77” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

MB36AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic, among the best finds of the year 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.05” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

EC66AA0: Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color, between orange and cream, and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal.
ACF Mine, 200 m.↓, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2013)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.6 × 1.8 cm = 3.23” × 1.81” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

AB76AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic, among the best finds of the year 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.4 × 5.7 cm = 3.82” × 2.52” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

TMB76AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic, among the best finds of the year 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 6.7 × 7.5 cm = 4.13” × 2.64” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

TC19NR: Growth of very sharp tabular Vanadinite crystals, lustrous, with a very vivid and uniform color, implanted on a sandstone matrix partially covered by black Mottramite microcrystals. The Mottramite was carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1996)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.8 × 8 cm = 4.21” × 3.07” × 3.15”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

AC97AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1993)

Specimen size: 15.7 × 12.2 × 4.8 cm = 6.18” × 4.80” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

EA64P2: Radial twins of extraordinarily bright Cerussite crystals on a Galena matrix and with white Baryte. Radial twins are unusual in Mibladen, where the normal is the dipyramidal twin.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.69” × 1.30” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43”