Description

A 2 x 1.75 x .3-inch specimen of vivid red Vanadinite on a brown Limonite matrix from Mibladen, Morocco.  Vanadinite from Mibladen, Morocco, formed through the secondary oxidation of a lead-rich ore deposit in an arid climate. The process involved the oxidation of primary minerals like galena, with vanadium being leached from surrounding rocks and crystallizing with lead and chlorine in the oxidized zone.