Vanadinite

Origin: Obir Mtn., Eisenkappel, Carinthia, Austria
Picture height: pyramidal crystal on the right 1.2 mm
Sample owner: W.R. Moorer
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Pieter Stemvers, Leusden, Netherlands

email: stemvers@hetnet.nl

 

  
Vanadinite on descloizite
Origin: 510 ft. level, Chalk Mountain, Churchill Co., Nevada
Sample size: about 2.5 cm
 
  
Vanadinite on descloizite
Origin: 510 ft. level, Chalk Mountain, Churchill Co., Nevada
Sample size: about 2 cm

  

Vanadinite on descloizite
Origin: 510 ft. level, Chalk Mountain, Churchill Co., Nevada
Sample size: about 2 cm
 
Vanadinite on descloizite
Origin: 510 ft. level, Chalk Mountain, Churchill Co., Nevada
Sample size: about 3 cm
       
 
Origin: Mibladen, Morocco
Sample size: top 4 x 2 x 2 cm, crystals to 9 mm, bottom 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, crystals 1 cm
 
Origin: Western Union mine, Arizona, USA
Sample size: 2 cm
 
Origin: Morocco
Sample size: 1.3 cm crystal
 
  
Origin: C&B mine, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm specimen with 0.5-1 mm hexagonal, light brownish red vanadinite crystals and less than 1 mm rusty red, very lustrous, bladed descloizite crystal
 
  
Origin: Puzzler Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, United States
Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 0.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Hamburg mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm
 
  
Well-formed, hexagonal crystals to 2 mm, brown with slightly orange terminations on highly lustrous, black descloizite.
Origin: Castle Dome district, La Paz Co., Arizona, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 7 x 4.5 x 4 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Gonzolito mine, Rio Negro Province, Argentina
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 1 cm (top), 8 x 8 x 4 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
  
 
  
Vanadinite on barite
Origin: Mibladen, Morocco
Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm (top), 7.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm (2nd row), 13 x 9 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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