06259 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals Cluster from Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Morocco Coloborhynchus Rare symphyseal tooth

Rare symphyseal tooth

During the last months of 2012

Despite some teeth having restorations or reparations

This is a superb dorsal vertebra coming from the Cretaceous sites in the south of Morocco

and its holotype has been only described with the partial rests of a fragment of its body

06259 - Beautiful Red Vanadinite Crystals Cluster from Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Morocco Coloborhynchus Rare symphyseal toothVanadinite 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