Tabular/Blocky/Stubby – More elongated than equant, slightly longer than wide, flat tablet-shaped

Common examples include: feldspartopazvanadinite

Vanadinite Locality: Mibladen Mine, Mibladene (Mibladén; Mibladan; Miblanden), Upper Moulouya lead district, MideltKhénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm. A fine cluster of deep orange-red tabular hexagonal crystals, the classic habit for the species. The luster varies from good to superb, and the partially gemmy crystals are arranged around a central 1.4 cm Vanadinite. Ex. Wendell E. Wilson Collection.

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