20918 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals on Manganese Oxide Mibladen Mining District, Morocco Austerops in the bottoms of lakes

in the bottoms of lakes

Dyrosaurus minor

mainly as PO (porphyritic olivine) and BO (barred olivine)

Age range: 428

20918 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals on Manganese Oxide Mibladen Mining District, Morocco Austerops in the bottoms of lakesVanadinite is a mineral belonging to the apatite group of phosphates, with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl. It is one of the main industrial ores of the metal vanadium and a minor source of lead. A dense, brittle mineral, it is usually found in the form of red hexagonal crystals. It is an uncommon mineral, formed by the oxidation of lead ore deposits such as galena. First discovered in 1801 in Mexico, vanadinite deposits have since been unearthed in