06260 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals Cluster from Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Morocco Megalodon Tajikistan

Tajikistan

referring to the arid climate in present day Morocco where this marine reptile was recovered

Picture: Geological contextualization of North Africa outcrops:  "First report on Cretaceous vertebrates from the Algerian Kem Kem beds

One of the difficult features to find in dentition samples of Spinosaurus is present in this piece

Anetoceras sp: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)

06260 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals Cluster from Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Morocco Megalodon TajikistanVanadinite 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