Vanadinite

specimen number:
2063330

location:
Touissit, Jerada, Oriental, Morocco

description:
Lustrous thick brown barrel shaped crystals of vanadinite to 1.5 cm in size in a cluster with little attached matrix. In good condition. This material came out in the 1980s. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark.

Touissit, located in the Oriental province of Morocco near the Algerian border, is a historic mining district whose major commercial production began in the early 20th century, specifically around the 1920s, and continued through various phases until operations declined toward the end of the century. Geologically, the deposit is hosted within carbonate-rich sedimentary sequences of Jurassic age, where hydrothermal lead and zinc mineralized fluids circulated through fault systems and replacement horizons. Mineralogically, the district is world-famous among collectors for producing exceptional, highly lustrous specimens of azurite, often associated with vibrant anglesite, cerussite, and vanadinite crystals that developed within oxidized zone cavities.

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