Vanadinite

specimen number:
2102090

location:
Puzzler Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

description:
Sparkling crystals of vanadinite measuring to 0.4 cm in size across the top of a breccia matrix. In good condition.

The Puzzler Mine in La Paz County, Arizona, is a historic lead mining locality in the Plomosa Mountains that was worked during the early 20th century. The deposit occurs in oxidized lead bearing veins in volcanic rocks and produced a variety of secondary minerals. The mine is well known among collectors for vanadinite, which occurs as bright hexagonal crystals formed in the oxidized zones of the ore.

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