05089 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals Cluster from Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Morocco Crocodile Fiorelli and Calvo 2008

Fiorelli and Calvo 2008

Cyphaspides

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

Coexistence of native Fe and Fe-Ni alloys

deep subtidal ramp

05089 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals Cluster from Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Morocco Crocodile Fiorelli and Calvo 2008Vanadinite 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