Mineral Specimens - page 9
Morocco

NF64X6: Platy growths showing the so-called sawtooth shape, of Barite crystals with a very well marked geometrical color zoning, colorless and clear in the center and opaque white on the borders with reddish Hematite inclusions. Some of the crystals are partially coated by small crystalline Dioptase.
Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (09/2011)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.7 × 5.2 cm = 3.3” × 2.2” × 2.0”

EX13W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Floater parallel growth of thin tabular crystals of Barite that are sharp with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and very bright and have flattened crystals of Marcasite that show, very well marked, the twin known as "cockscomb", with bright disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite and minor crystals of Siderite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 48 in number 2012/2
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.7” × 0.7”

EH14W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Floater parallel growth of thin tabular crystals of Barite that are sharp with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and very bright and have bright disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite on their faces.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 2012’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 83 of number 5/2012
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.5” × 1.2”

EJ66W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Floater parallel growth of thick tabular crystals of Barite that are sharp with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and very bright, with small growths of crystals of Siderite and Chalcopyrite, on Quartz matrix.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.9” × 2.0” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 6.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.7” × 1.6”

EC16W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Very aerial aggregate, very rich in short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a false appearance of the tetrahedron. They have very well defined faces and edges, are extraordinarily bright and some of them are very individualized. They are on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

ED27W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Drusy growth, on matrix, of sharp short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a false appearance of the tetrahedron. They have very well defined faces and edges, are extraordinarily bright and some of them are very individualized.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EL11W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a false appearance of the tetrahedron. They have very well defined faces and edges, are extraordinarily bright and some of them are very individualized. They are on matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.2 × 2.2 cm = 3.8” × 2.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EA47W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Irregular aggregates of short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a false appearance of the tetrahedron. They have very well defined faces and edges, are extraordinarily bright, partially iridescent in some areas on the sample, and some of them are very individualized. They are on matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.3 × 6.7 cm = 4.1” × 3.3” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

EB96W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Drusy growth, on matrix, of short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite. They have a second phase of crystallization, of granular aspect, that coats the faces of the first crystalline growth. They are with comb-shaped growths of Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 13 × 7.6 × 3.7 cm = 5.1” × 3.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

EA70W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Drusy growth, on matrix, of short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, They have a second phase of crystallization, of granular aspect, that coats the faces of the first crystalline growth. They are with comb-shaped growths of Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 20.5 × 14 × 7.5 cm = 8.1” × 5.5” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

EF96W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Aggregate of cubic crystals of Pyrite with polycrystalline growths on their faces. They are very bright and have curved faces and edges and skeletal forms on the back side that reveal holes left by former crystals, probably Barite.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 7 × 4.5 cm = 3.3” × 2.8” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EV46W2: Nice rosettes of Siderite partially covered by flattened crystals of Marcasite that show, very well marked, the twin known as "cockscomb" and with minor Quartz.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

TL63N6: Group of slightly yellowish crystals with very sharp forms. They consist of two prisms with three alternating faces and the three terminal faces of a flat rhombohedron. The piece has minor matrix with small crystals of Pyrite. The sample is from a recent find in the El Hamman area.
El Hamman, Meknès  Morocco (11/2008)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.4” × 2.4” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.0” × 0.9”

ED37X4: Spheroidal aggregates of crystals with good terminations, a clear and uniform green color and good luster, and on matrix with small Quartz crystals. It is currently difficult to obtain good samples from this mine, as it is actually abandoned.
Djebel Melh, Bou-Arfa  Morocco (05/1999)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.8” × 2.6” × 1.8”

TQ13V4: Parallel growth of Arfvedsonite crystals whose morphology is different from the most well known for this locality, with a shorter prism and blacker color. The crystals are bright, with good terminations and are on feldspar matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Djebel Ewargizen, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (01/2012)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.4” × 1.1”

TR56V4: Parallel growth of Arfvedsonite crystals whose morphology is different from the most well known for this locality, with a shorter prism and blacker color. The crystals are bright, with polycrystalline terminations and are on feldspar matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Djebel Ewargizen, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (01/2012)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 9.2 × 5.5 cm = 3.7” × 3.6” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.1”

TV48Q0: A plate from a fissure of microcrystals with skeletal forms, on matrix. The piece is from an old find in Imiter, probably around de decade of the 90’ts and unusual as the habitual it has a crystalline aspect.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 4.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.3” × 1.0”

EQ50T4: Very aerial laminar growth with very well marked clean and fresh crystalline surfaces. It is on matrix with sparry Calcite, not acid-etched.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.1” × 2.3” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.4” × 1.0”

TZ89Q0: A scultural growth, very aerial and esthetic, of microcrystals with skeletal forms, on matrix. The piece is from an old find in Imiter, probably around the decade of the 90’s and unusual as the habitual has a crystalline aspect.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 2.9 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 0.9”

EA47W7: Very aerial laminar growth with fresh, very well marked crystalline surfaces. It is on matrix, with cleaved Calcite. Its luster is excellent, suggesting it hasn't embedded or interstitial mercury. It is not, then, the variety kongsbergite, the more typical Silver at this locality.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.6 × 4.6 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 0.9”

TP49X2: Fissure plate of micro-crystals on matrix. The sample is from an old find at Imiter, probably around the 1990'ts. Its luster and fresh aspect suggest that it has no mercury and it is native Silver and not the variety kongsbergite, very common at this locality.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 3.9 × 5.2 cm = 3.8” × 1.5” × 2.0”

EM16W7: Very aerial laminar growth with fresh, very well marked crystalline surfaces. It is on a rocky matrix, with cleaved Calcite. Its excellent condition of conservation in spite of the long time since it was mined suggests it hasn't embedded or interstitial mercury. It is not, then, the variety kongsbergite, the more typical Silver at this locality.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 7.3 × 7 cm = 5.3” × 2.9” × 2.8”

Main crystal size: 8.1 × 3.7 cm = 3.2” × 1.5”

TR96V1: Very aerial stalactitic growth of small crystals of Proustite with a small group of cubic crystals of Acanthite at the base.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (01-02/2011)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

TV27V1: Very aerial stalactitic growth of crystals of Proustite with a considerable size for the locality. They are translucent, with a clear red color and are with concretions and small cubic crystals of Acanthite.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (01-02/2011)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EY6W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Parallel aggregate of very elongated laminar crystals, many of them doubly terminated. They are translucent, bright and have a uniform pale blue color. The group is on limonite matrix. We note that the crystals are free of damage, which is really rare in the samples from this find.
Ouichane Mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador  Morocco (01-04/2012)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 4 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.4 cm = 1.6” × 0.6”

MP99W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Two fanlike growths of flattened and elongated crystals, some of them doubly terminated. The crystals, translucent and bright, have a very intense and uniform sky blue color and are on a limonite matrix. We note that the crystals are free of damage, which is really rare in the samples from this find.
Ouichane Mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador  Morocco (08/2012)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.1” × 2.2” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 1 cm = 2.4” × 0.4”

EL10V1: Groups of unusually well differentiated octahedral crystals with small cube faces, very well defined and very bright. They are on matrix, with Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (06/2011)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 1.9 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EF16W5: Botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, with microcrystalline surfaces, bright, with a very vivid and uniform color.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (2012)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 1.6 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 0.6”

ED26W5: Aggregate, on matrix, of crystals formed by a six faced prism and a very flattened terminal rhombohedron, with parallel growths on the prismatic faces. The crystals are very bright and have a very vivid, intense and uniform color.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 30 in number 2013/1
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (2012)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

EC6W5: Botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, with microcrystalline surfaces, bright, with a very vivid color and forming parallel growths on the contact areas with the matrix.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (2012)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.4” × 2.2” × 1.1”

EB16W5: Botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, with microcrystalline surfaces, bright, with a very vivid and uniform color that contrasts with the darker tones of the matrix.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (2012)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6 × 3 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.2”

MF27W9: Druse of prismatic crystals with rhombohedral terminations. They are more individualized than usual and have a very deep, intense and uniform pink, almost mauve, color
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (10/2012)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 3.1” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EG96W2: Irregular aggregate of crystals formed by a short prism with six faces and a flattened terminal rhombohedron, with vertical parallel growths all along the prism. The crystals are bright and have a deep and uniform mauve color.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (2012)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.5 × 3.3 cm = 3.1” × 3.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

MX56W9: Aggregate, on matrix, of crystals formed by a short six faced prism with parallel growths on its faces, and a flattened terminal rhombohedron. The crystals are very bright and have a very deep, intense and uniform color.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (10/2012)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 3.2” × 1.8” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

MA67W9: Druse, on matrix, of rhombohedral crystals with very well defined phantom growths. They are between transparent and translucent and are bright and with very deep and uniform pink color.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (10/2012)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 9 × 5 cm = 4.1” × 3.5” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

E56EI7: Flattened, prismatic crystals, one of them dominant. They have very well-defined faces and edges and yellowish brown shades, on a Galena matrix.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.1 × 4.2 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

CX49X7: Aggregate of sharp, good- sized crystals, some of the doubly terminated and all of them bright, with abundant inclusions and on a Galena matrix. An excellent Moroccan classic.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco

Specimen size: 12 × 6.5 × 7.5 cm = 4.7” × 2.6” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 4.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.9”

MG96S7: Aggregate of laminar crystals whose aspect is quite different than usual on the pieces from this locality, due to its crystals overlapping to form flattened rosettes. Their yellow color is very intense and uniform.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

E84LA5: The small pink rosettes associated with the main crystals are a second generation of Erythrite.
Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (06/2000)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 5 cm = 1.8” × 2.0”

EM27Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer, the crystals, on matrix, are characterized with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TV17X5: Single crystals with very well defined faces and edges and more isolated than usual on the samples from Bou Azzer. They are implanted on a rocky matrix coated by rosettes of clearer micro-crystals of the same Erythrite. With the Erythrite there is a spherical growth of an unidentified turquoise-blue mineral.
Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (06/2012)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.2”

TB67X6: Erythrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and more isolated than usual on the samples from Bou Azzer. They are implanted on a matrix coated by a second generation of micro crystals of Erythrite, forming rosettes and with a lighter color.
Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (06/2012)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.2”

M24LA7: Large crystals of this lustrous Erythrite on Skutterudite matrix.
Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (06/2000)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 cm = 2.8” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1.5 cm = 0.6”

EN83: Brilliant crystals in a Quartz pocket.
Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (06/2000)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 7 cm = 2.8” × 2.8”

EV69V9: Fanlike aggregates, on matrix, of sharp flattened prismatic crystals with a very deep color and intense luster.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.7 × 7.4 cm = 4.2” × 3.0” × 2.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

EA98T4: The Allargentum, as very well defined crystals, appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite, forming dendritic growths on a Calcite matrix with fibrous aggregates of Actinolite. The Allargentum is dominant in the analysis so, following IMA recommendations, we label the sample in this way. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (02/2010)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

TQ27Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

EC98T4: The Allargentum, as very well defined crystals, appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite, forming dendritic growths on a Calcite matrix with fibrous aggregates of Actinolite. The Allargentum is dominant in the analysis so, following IMA recommendations, we label the sample in this way. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (02/2010)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.1”

EA10X3: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2012. Rosette aggregates and isolated tabular Vanadinite crystals with a very deep red color and good luster, implanted on a rocky matrix partially coated by black micro-crystals of Mottramite.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

EC16X3: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2012. Thin tabular crystals of Vanadinite with very deep red color, good luster and implanted on a rocky matrix partially coated by black micro-crystals of Mottramite.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.8 × cm = 1.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

ED14W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent tabular and laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin pyramidal faces and have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coated a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.7” × 2.1” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EZ13X3: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2012. Thin tabular crystals of Vanadinite with very deep red color, good luster and implanted on a rocky matrix partially coated by black micro-crystals of Mottramite.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.1” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EJ46W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent tabular and laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin pyramidal faces and have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coated a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.3 × 3.5 cm = 3.2” × 2.5” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

EH13X3: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2012. Rosette aggregates and isolated tabular crystals with a very deep red color and good luster, with a dominant pinacoid and very well marked faces of a much flattened pyramid. They are implanted on a rocky matrix partially coated by black micro-crystals of Mottramite.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.9 × 3.3 cm = 3.4” × 2.3” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

EQ7X3: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2012. Rosette aggregates and isolated tabular crystals with a very deep red color and good luster, with a dominant pinacoid and very well marked faces of a much flattened pyramid. They are implanted on a rocky matrix partially coated by black micro-crystals of Mottramite.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 10.9 × 7.4 × 5.2 cm = 4.3” × 2.9” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

EQ66V9: Aggregate of very sharp tabular crystals with the faces of a single pyramid very well developed. They are extraordinarily bright, have an especially deep and vivid color and are on a Barite matrix.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

ER27V9: Aggregate of very sharp and very aerial tabular crystals with the faces of a single pyramid very well developed. They are extraordinarily bright, have an especially deep and vivid color and are on a matrix of white laminar crystals of Barite.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

ED76P9: A nice sample, with well individualized tabular crystals of Vanadinite of excellent color and luster. They are on a white Barite matrix partially coated by Gypsum, an uncommon species on the samples from Mibladen.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

EA67R9: Growth of thin tabular crystals of red Vanadinite. They are very well defined, with pyramidal faces and a very intense color and luster, some of them forming platy parallel growths. The matrix is an aggregate of White laminar crystals of Barite
ACF Mine area, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.8 × 3 cm = 2.6” × 2.3” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

EC28V1: Very aerial group of tabular crystals that are beveled by pyramidal faces. They are bright and with a very intense and deep color, being on a Barite matrix.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 3.1 cm = 3.1” × 2.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EY36M8: Group of beveled cubic crystals of very deep color and has mosaic growths on cube faces. The contact areas show a clearly zoned structure.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.6 × 1.9 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.2” × 1.0”

MB7T6: Aggregate of translucent crystals with a curious crystallization in which appear, very well defined, the faces of the cube, dodecahedron and octahedron cutting the corners with overgrowths forming small pyramids in the flat triangular surface.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (08/2006)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 7.1 × 5.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.8” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.6” × 1.3”

EG59J1: Group of crystals of considerable size bigger than usual, with a rare double habit. There are two phases of growth very well marked by their intensity of color. The first inner phase is bright and deep violet, and the second phase, more whitish and less bright, in which there are the cube and the triangular faces of the octahedron, that allow the presence of the vertexes of the primitive octahedron similar to small pyramid on a plane.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 16.5 × 16 × 9 cm = 6.5” × 6.3” × 3.5”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 5.7 cm = 2.2” × 2.2”

EF6G1: On one side it looks like a single crystal but a simple turn shows the superposition of two pseudo-octahedra. Crystals have excellent definition.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.6”

EH16J7: A perfect miniature with a fine sharp octahedral crystal whose faces and edges are very much defined as usual on the samples from the locality.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

EC17J0: Very esthetic miniature. A very aerial group of cubic crystals, exceptionally bright for the locality.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

EH36G1: An excellent group, very aerial and with optimal definition of its crystals.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.6”

MN56K9: Well defined octahedron of Acanthite pseudomorph after Argentite, with two small Acanthite crystals in parallel growth.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

EC63G1: The crystals of this group are pseudo-octahedral and very aerial and they have an excellent definition and an especially esthetic disposition.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.6”

EF14K9: Octahedral group of well defined Acanthite crystals, pseudomorph after Argentite.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

EK69L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growths of octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 190 in number 2008/3.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

EF89L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before. On the back side of the sample one can see small Pyrite and Calcite crystals.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.6” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.0” × 0.8”

EL80L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of good sized octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before. On the back side of the sample one can see small Pyrite and Calcite crystals.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EH40L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before. On the back side of the sample one can see small Pyrite crystals.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.0” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

EG50L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of good sized octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.3 × 2 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

EJ60L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of good sized octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 3.1” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”