Auction Win: Vanadinite on Matrix (Ex. Dr. Mark Carter)
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Details
Locality: Apache Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Size: Small Cabinet - 8 × 5.9 × 2 cm
Ex. Dr Mark Carter
Vanadinite is a secondary lead chlorovanadate, with formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl. It was first discovered by Andrés Manuel del Río, and its name reflects its vanadium content. Vanadinite is one of the primary industrial sources of vanadium, a metal used in alloys.
Apache Mine in the Radium, Burch area of the Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, is a former surface and underground Pb-V-Mo-Zn-Cu-Ag-Au-W mine. It is particularly known to collectors for vanadinite, with malachite also recorded from the locality. The broader Globe Hills district is noted for quartz, pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, and specularite in its veins, giving the area a strong legacy for classic Southwestern ore and secondary mineral specimens.
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