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Touissit

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.

Cerussite
Cerussite. Front
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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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Cerussite with Galena

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


Cerussite with Galena.
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Cerussite
Cerussite. Cerussite.

TG67T3: Very aerial group of transparent crystals of Cerussite with an extraordinary luster and on Galena matrix.
The sample is from James Catmur’s collection, whose label we’ll 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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Wulfenite

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


Wulfenite.
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Aragonite and Goethite on Quartz
Aragonite and Goethite on Quartz. Aragonite and Goethite on Quartz.

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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Skutterudite with Calcite

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


Skutterudite with Calcite. Skutterudite with Calcite.
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Skutterudite with Calcite
Skutterudite with Calcite.

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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Barite with Dioptase

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”


Barite with Dioptase. Front
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Barite with Dioptase. Rear
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Arfvedsonite with Feldspar
Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Front
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Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Top
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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. We’ll 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”

Feldspar minor fluorescence short UV

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Arfvedsonite with Feldspar

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. We’ll 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

Euro: 95 / US$ 124 / Yen: 10170
Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Front
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Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Side
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Arfvedsonite with Feldspar
Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Front
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Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Rear
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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. We’ll 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”

Feldspar minor fluorescence short UV

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Arfvedsonite with Feldspar

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.
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

Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Front
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Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Side
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Arfvedsonite with smoky Quartz
Arfvedsonite with smoky Quartz. Front
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Arfvedsonite with smoky Quartz. Rear
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Arfvedsonite with smoky Quartz. Top
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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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Proustite on Acanthite

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”


Proustite on Acanthite.
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Proustite on Acanthite
Proustite on Acanthite.

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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Silver

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”


Silver. Front
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Silver. Rear
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Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front
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Silver with Calcite. Rear
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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”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


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Silver

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”


Silver. Front
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Cobaltian Calcite
Cobaltian Calcite. Cobaltian Calcite.

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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Fluorite with Pyrite

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


Fluorite with Pyrite. Fluorite with Pyrite.
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Fluorite with Pyrite
Fluorite with Pyrite. Front
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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”

Fluorescent long & short UV


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Calcite with Pyrite

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV


Calcite with Pyrite. Front
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Calcite with Pyrite. Top
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Calcite with Pyrite
Calcite with Pyrite. Front
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Calcite with Pyrite. Top
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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”

Fluorescent long & short UV


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Mibladen Vanadinite

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.

Vanadinite with Barite

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”


Vanadinite with Barite. Vanadinite with Barite.
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Vanadinite with Barite
Vanadinite with Barite.

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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Vanadinite with Barite

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”


Vanadinite with Barite. Vanadinite with Barite.
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Vanadinite with Barite
Vanadinite with Barite. Front
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Vanadinite with Barite. Rear
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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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Vanadinite with Barite and Gypsum

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”


Vanadinite with Barite and Gypsum. Front
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Vanadinite with Barite and Gypsum. Side
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Vanadinite with Barite and Gypsum.
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Bou Azzer Erythrite

Erythrite with Quartz
Erythrite with Quartz. Erythrite with Quartz.

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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Erythrite with Quartz and Skutterudite

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”


Erythrite with Quartz and Skutterudite.
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Erythrite
Erythrite. Erythrite.

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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Erythrite with Quartz

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”


Erythrite with Quartz. Erythrite with Quartz.
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Erythrite with Skutterudite
Erythrite with Skutterudite.
Erythrite with Skutterudite.

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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Roselite / Roselite-beta

Roselite with Heterogenite

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”


Roselite with Heterogenite. Roselite with Heterogenite.
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Allargentum from Bouismas - Bou Azzer

Allargentum with Calcite
Allargentum with Calcite. Allargentum with Calcite.

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”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


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Allargentum with Calcite

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”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


Allargentum with Calcite. Allargentum with Calcite.
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Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite. Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite.

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”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


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Dyscrasite from Bouismas - Bou Azzer

Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite

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. We’ll 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”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV


Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite. Front
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Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite. Rear
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Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite.
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Tounfit Fluorite

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!

Fluorite
Fluorite.

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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Fluorite

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”


Fluorite.
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Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.

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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Acanthite

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.

Acanthite

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”


Acanthite. Front
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Acanthite. Side
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Acanthite
Acanthite.

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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Acanthite with Pyrite and Calcite

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”


Acanthite with Pyrite and Calcite.
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Acanthite with Pyrite
Acanthite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Acanthite with Pyrite. Side
Side

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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Acanthite with Calcite and Pyrite

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”


Acanthite with Calcite and Pyrite. Front
Front
Acanthite with Calcite and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
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Acanthite
Acanthite. Front
Front
Acanthite. Rear
Rear

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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Acanthite with Pyrite

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”


Acanthite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Acanthite with Pyrite. Rear
Rear
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Acanthite
Acanthite.

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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Acanthite

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”


Acanthite.
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Acanthite
Acanthite.

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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Acanthite

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”


Acanthite. Front
Front
Acanthite. Side
Side
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Acanthite with Proustite
Acanthite with Proustite. Front
Front
Acanthite with Proustite. Rear
Rear

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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Acanthite

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”


Acanthite.
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Acanthite with Quartz
Acanthite with Quartz. Front
Front
Acanthite with Quartz. Side
Side

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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Acanthite

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”


Acanthite.
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Acanthite
Acanthite.

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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Acanthite

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”


Acanthite. Front
Front
Acanthite. Side
Side
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