The Touissit mining area is currently closed and the old shafts are flooded with water.
It is quite possible that no more quality samples from this mine will be produced in the future.
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ND76V7: Lattice aggregate of twinned tabular shaped crystals. They are colorless, very bright and transparent, and their morphology, uncommon for Touissit Cerussite, is similar to that of Tsumeb.
Touissit, Oujda Morocco
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.8 × 1.9 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.5 × 1.1
Minor fluorescence short UV
Euro: 220 / US$ 288 / Yen: 23160
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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
Minor fluorescence short UV
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TG67T3: Very aerial group of transparent crystals of Cerussite with an extraordinary luster and on Galena matrix. The sample is from James Catmurs collection, whose label well send to the buyer.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda Morocco (01/01/2000)
Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.6 × 1.7 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.9 × 0.4
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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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
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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ND13V7: Radial sprays of very thin white, acicular crystals of Aragonite filling a cavity in Quartz with very bright black crystals, also acicular, of Goethite.
Tizirine, Ouarzazate Morocco (05/2011)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 3.3 × 2.0 × 1.3
Aragonite very fluorescent long & short UV
Euro: 90 / US$ 118 / Yen: 9470
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TB46V7: Irregular aggregate of very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals of Skutterudite, with very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of the same Skutterudite and with white Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (2011)
Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.4 × 1.7 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5 × 0.5
Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
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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
Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
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NA13V4: Parallel aggregate of tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very well delineated geometric zonal growths and partially colored by minor crusts of Dioptase.
Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia Morocco (09/2011)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 3.9 cm = 2.0 × 1.9 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.5 × 1.4
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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. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
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
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TM14V4: 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. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas Morocco (01/2012)
Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 3.3 cm = 2.3 × 2.1 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.7 × 0.9
Feldspar minor fluorescence short UV
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TP14V4: 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. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas Morocco (01/2012)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.8 × 1.8 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 5.4 × 3 cm = 2.1 × 1.2
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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. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
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
Feldspar minor fluorescence short UV
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MA6T7: A novelty at Expominer (Barcelona) 2011 and also a novelty for Imilchil. Doubly terminated crystal of Arfvedsonite with its upper termination polycrystalline and the lower one with simple faces. On matrix, with Quartz and Feldspar.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas Morocco (2011)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm = 3.5 × 1.5 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 7.5 × 3.1 cm = 3.0 × 1.2
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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
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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
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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 90ts 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
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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
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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 90s 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
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ED7T0: Group of acute scalenohedral crystals with flat rhombohedral terminations. They have a very deep pink color, almost mauve, with small black inclusions.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (05/2011)
Specimen size: 15.3 × 10.2 × 3.9 cm = 6.0 × 4.0 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.6 × 0.4
Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
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MJ86T1: Group, on matrix, of transparent cubic crystals that are very bright and have a uniform green color, with inclusions of and partially coated by small crystals of Pyrite.
El Hamman, Meknes Morocco (2004)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.4 × 4.7 cm = 3.0 × 2.5 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.7 × 0.7
Very fluorescent long & short UV
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EP37R3: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite, one of them dominant, quite elongated, very aerial and almost complete, which is uncommon with the samples from this locality. The crystals have very well defined faces and edges and are translucent, with a deep green color and they are partially coated by Pyrite.
El Hamman, Meknes Morocco (2007)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.2 × 6.2 cm = 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.4
Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.5 × 0.9
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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, Meknes 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
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TP16N6: Group of yellowish-white crystals of Calcite with very sharp forms. They consist of two prisms of 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, Meknes Morocco (11/2008)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm = 3.3 × 3.0 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.0 × 0.9
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A lot of locals are digging in different areas around Mibladen trying to find fine Vanadinite specimens. Curiously the prices for the nicest specimens are actually higher than the prices were in the past. The reason for this could be that, even though many people are working there, not that many really good specimens have been found. Keeping an eye on the worldwide market situation we recommend these nice Vanadinite specimens for their quality, color or unusual crystal form.
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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
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EL66V1: 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: 4.7 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.9 × 1.5 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3 × 0.3
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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
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ED66R9: Very aerial growth of thin tabular crystals of red Vanadinite. They are very well defined, with pyramidal faces and a very intense color and luster. The matrix is an aggregate of White laminar crystals of Barite.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen, Midelt Morocco (01/2009)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.4 × 1.3 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.6 × 0.4
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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
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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
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EF27V0: Aggregate of very sharp crystals of Erythrite, some of them doubly terminated, partially coated by Quartz and with small very well defined crystals of Skutterudite in the back side.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (04-05/2010)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.7 × 0.9 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.6 × 0.2
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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
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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
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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
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ND60I7: Lenticular crystals of excellent luster and color in a vug in a matrix of pink Dolomite. With the Roselite there are also dark botryoidal groups of Heterogenite.
Arhbar Mine, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (2003)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.9 × 1.3 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2 × 0.1
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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
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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
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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. Well 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
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MD98P5: A novelty in Munich 2009. Dyscrasite appears intergrown with Silver and Allargentum. Dyscrasite is dominant in the analysis of the sample, so following the IMA recommendations, we should label it as Dyscrasite. On this specimen the Dyscrasite forms arborescent growths on a Calcite rich matrix. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (06/2009)
Specimen size: 9 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm = 3.5 × 2.2 × 1.5
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At the beginning of 2006 for the first time this Fluorite appeared in Morocco. It is from an old mine 1700 meters high in a mountain near the Tounfit village. First samples found were good quality but it was in Ste. Marie 2006 where we saw, and purchased, an exceptional parcel with samples of two different crystallizations and also different color and luster.
Welcome to the market, Tounfit Fluorite! We are sure that for your quality and originality you will be famous!
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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
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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
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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
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A discovery in 2004 in Imiter, a locality well-known for samples of Silver and Proustite, brought to light some specimens of Acanthite especially important for the size and shape of its crystals, in this case pseudo-octahedral, and not pseudo-cubic, as is usual.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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MF6J7: A perfect miniature with some fine sharp octahedral crystals, one of them dominant, whose faces and edges are very much defined as usual on the samples from the locality.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.1 × 0.9 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.6 × 0.4
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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
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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
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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
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ML36G5: A group of octahedral crystals, very well shaped, aerial and, which is quite rare on the samples from Imiter, they are lustrous. All over the piece there are a lot of small red Proustite crystals.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.1 × 1.4 cm = 1.0 × 0.4 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
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ME26J7: A perfect miniature with two fine sharp octahedral crystals whose faces and edges are very much defined as usual on the samples from the locality.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.9 × 0.8 × 0.5
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 0.7 × 0.4
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EA49G1: One of the top specimens of the lot. Pseudo-octahedral crystals with an excellent definition of faces and edges and an aerial disposition all on a matrix partially covered by little Quartz crystals making them especially esthetic. Only very, very few samples of this find are with matrix!
Imiter, Anti-Atlas Morocco (2005)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 2.6 × 1.0 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4 × 0.4
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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
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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
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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
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