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This page gathers together the specimens that, because of their quality, rarity or interesting locality, we wish to maintain on our web site as reference specimens.

Doubly terminated Apatite-(CaF)
Doubly terminated Apatite-(CaF).

TT14G9: We note that it is a doubly terminated crystal, a very rare occurrence on samples from Imilchil. Both color and luster are excellent and also the definition of the faces and the edges, absolutely undamaged.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


 
Titanite with Feldspar

CV96F9: A very attractive novelty from the prolific zone of Imilchil. The crystal profile is very different from the other classic localities of Switzerland or Pakistan. The forms are simple, not twinned, and the color and brightness are excellent. The specimen is a floater and its back side is covered by white crystals of feldspar, probably Albite.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm

Feldspar fluorescent short UV


Titanite with Feldspar.
Titanite with Feldspar.
 
Titanite with Feldspar
Titanite with Feldspar. Front
Front
Titanite with Feldspar. Side
Side

EM6J8: Typical crystals from Imilchil, of very bright and well defined faces and edges and a color between green and yellow, on Feldspar matrix.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (03/2006)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm


 
Titanite with Feldspar

ER46J8: The new Titanite from Imilchil. A flat dark brown transparent crystal of perfectly defined faces and edges. The matrix is a group of very well defined Feldspar crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2007 Ste Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 76, page 23.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (03/2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm


Titanite with Feldspar.
 
Titanite with Albite
Titanite with Albite. Titanite with Albite.

EP14J8: The new Titanite from Imilchil, with darker brown crystals, very acute and extraordinarily bright, transparent and on Albite matrix with small acicular crystals of Epidote.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2007’ section of the magazine ‘Lapis’ and appears on page 8 of number 9/2007.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (03/2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm


 
Epidote

CR66G8: An excellent piece from Imilchil with typical fan growths, of a very good color and especially bright.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm


Epidote. Epidote.
 
Hematite
Hematite. Front
Front
Hematite. Rear
Rear

EJ9K9: Nice specimen, very sharp, enlongated and extremely flattened. Faces on the dejes are well defined and have a good luster.
Segangane, Nador  Morocco (11/2005)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.3 × 0.2 cm


 
Grossular on Quartz
Grossular on Quartz

T87BDH5: The locality is not well known. Crystals are dodecahedrons with well-defined faces and edges contrasting with the matrix of white Quartz where they growth.
The specimen is with an old label of R.F. Denicourt collection.
Sidi Bou Othmane, El Kelaâ Sraghna  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 4.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm


Grossular on Quartz.
 
Calcite "phantom"
Calcite "phantom".

TR9K9: Group of crystals formed by two rhombohedrons with evident scalenohedron “phantom” growth inside. The “phantom” is reddish due to a covering layer of Hematite.
Bou-Azzer / Agdz, Ouarzazate  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.6 × 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV


 
Calcite "phantom"

TA14K4: Group of yellowish crystals formed by two rhombohedrons, a steep one and a shallow one, with a red scalenohedral phantom growth due to a Hematite film that covers them.
Bou-Azzer / Agdz, Ouarzazate  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 9 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.1 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


Calcite "phantom". Calcite "phantom".
 
Cobaltian Dolomite with Marcassite and Goethite
Cobaltian Dolomite with Marcassite and Goethite.
Cobaltian Dolomite with Marcassite and Goethite.

CB16G2: A very esthetic specimen. This Dolomite, of an attractive color, is partially covered by Marcassite cockscombs, and these covered by Goethite. The specimen caught our attention and we analyzed it to be sure about the identification. We will send the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
Arhbar Mine, Bou-Azzer  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 8 × 4.7 cm


 
Scorodite

EE57K4: Crystals of very well sharp faces and edges with good color and luster that occupy a vug in the matrix.
Tamdrost Mine, Bou-Azzer  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm


Scorodite. Scorodite.
 
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite.

EP66H9: Group of cubic crystals that have green color with slight violet shades and are partially covered by small crystals of white Calcite and Pyrite. We note its spectacular color change: deep green in incandescent or fluorescent light and also green but with wide zonations of sky blue under natural light.
El Hamman, Meknes  Morocco (04/2005)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV


 
Fluorite with Pyrite

TJ39D1: The Pyrite coating is very nice and brilliant, and the Fluorite is a very agreeable green color. Some minor white Quartz adds to the specimen and, which is extremely rare for the specimens from this wild isolated locality, it is damage free!
El Hamman, Meknes  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 10.5 × 6 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


Fluorite with Pyrite.
 
Calcite with Siderite and Quartz
Calcite with Siderite and Quartz.

CF9G2: Esthetic growth of tabular crystals with rhombohedral terminations. The Calcite has grown on a matrix of Siderite rhombohedra and Quartz prisms. Very original and different from most Calcites and from a locality not previously known for its minerals.
AGM Mine, Akka, Tafraout  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.2 × 4.5 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


 
Quartz with Pyrite and Epidote

NJ61G4: A floating group of Quartz crystals of alpine type, flat, doubly-terminated, forming parallel growth, partially covered by Pyrite and with little crystals of Epidote. The locality wasn't previously well known for its minerals.
AGM Mine, Akka, Tafraout  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.8 × 4.5 cm


Quartz with Pyrite and Epidote. Front
Front
Quartz with Pyrite and Epidote. Rear
Rear
 
Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear

96DMG4: Crystals have considerable size and good color. They show the typical morphology of Taouz and are spread on matrix, which allows one to clearly appreciate their excellent development.
Taouz  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 8.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm


 
Cerussite with Quartz

EB66F9: Good quality Cerussits, not so long ago, were relatively common from Touissit and Mibladen, two of the biggest classic localities in Morocco. Samples from Taouz are much more difficult to find. This one is a group of twinned Cerussite crystals with a silky aspect and excellent development on matrix.
Bouzougar, Taouz  Morocco (04/05/2003)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4 × 4.2 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


Cerussite with Quartz. Front
Front
Cerussite with Quartz. Side
Side
 
Cerussite on Quartz
Cerussite on Quartz. Cerussite on Quartz.

KV89L9: Multiple radial twinned white Cerussite crystals, a fine quality for this locality, excellent brilliance and on an uncommon matrix formed by concretions of micro-crystals of Quartz.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Bouzougar, Taouz, Erfoud  Morocco (04/05/2003)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5 × 3.3 cm

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


 
Malachite-Azurite on Fluorite

CB68D4: Colorful combination of Malachite-Azurite covering Fluorite. From this locality a few not that bad yellow Fluorites have come onto the market from time to time. But once in a while they are covered by Malachite-Azurite, as this case, and even more exceptionally, the whole specimen is as esthetic as this one.
Aouli, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (±1995)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8 × 3.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm


Malachite-Azurite on Fluorite. Malachite-Azurite on Fluorite.
 
Manganite
Manganite.

N8LI7: Radial groups of very bright acicular crystals, that contrast with a matrix of clearer shades.
Zeida, Midelt  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.2 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm


 
Prehnite with Epidote and Quartz

E16BK9: Globular growth of well defined faces, showing a deep green color. With small Quartz crystals on matrix.
Djebel Melh, Bou-Arfa  Morocco (2000)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm


Prehnite with Epidote and Quartz.
 
Prehnite
Prehnite. Prehnite.

AB6H5: The sample is very intense green and forms globular growths consisting of prismatic crystals of simple forms and very well defined. Actually disappeared from the market, it is difficult to obtain good Prehnite from this locality.
Djebel Melh, Bou-Arfa  Morocco (1995)

Specimen size: 11 × 7 × 6.3 cm


 
Barite

S208SA0: Barite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions. Well known for their great specimens of Goethite on Quartz these quarries also produce nice Barite!
Tizirine, Ourzazate  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.5 cm

Fluorescent short UV


Barite.
 


Chabazite-Ca

The rich and large Imilchil area continues to produce wonderful new things.
In Ste. Marie 2006 it was Chabazite-Ca (Calcium dominant but also Potassium rich - analysis made by Barcelona's University)
Its color is intense with good luster, and also good crystal size and an evident beauty.

Chabazite-Ca
Chabazite-Ca.

EB7H5: Intense color, displaying well on its thin matrix.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 479 in the volume 37, number 5.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 1.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm


 
Chabazite-Ca

EF11H5: Individual crystals, isolated and with excellent luster and color.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2006 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 70, page 41.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.3 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm


Chabazite-Ca.
Chabazite-Ca.
 
Chabazite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca
Chabazite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca.

EB63J7: One of the novelties from Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2007. The crystals of Chabazite-Ca look cubic because the angles of the rhombohedron are nearly 90º. Stilbite-Ca crystals form bow-tie growths.
Takat, Imilchil  Morocco (05/2007)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 1.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm


 
Stilbite-Ca with Chabazite-Ca

EC14J7: One of the novelties from Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2007. A group forming bow-tie growths, with a crystal of Chabazite-Ca that looks cubic because the angles of the rhombohedron are nearly 90º.
Takat, Imilchil  Morocco (05/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm


Stilbite-Ca with Chabazite-Ca.
 


Cobaltian Calcite

New finds from Arhbar (Bou-Azzer area) are more colorful than is usual for Cobaltian Calcites and associated with Pyrite. We selected different types of this find, exciting due to its esthetics.

Cobaltian Calcite
Cobaltian Calcite.

TQ16L0: A group of scalenohedral crystals, very acute and very rich in accessory faces. Really good transparency, perfect brilliance and intense pink to mauve color.
Ightem Mine, Bou-Azzer  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


 
Cobaltian Calcite

EP47D3: Just as good as the photo suggests. Intense pink color, huge crystals and an agreeable form. Definitive!
Arhbar Mine, Bou-Azzer  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.3 × 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Cobaltian Calcite.
 


Bou-Azzer Erythrite

The great find of the 2000 mineralogical year was made in June and July. The best and largest Erythrite ever found, from Bou-Azzer, Morocco. The crystal size, their color and the fact that the crystals are within pockets of Quartz make them all special, as did the number of specimens found (although not that many were of high quality, as many were damaged). So this find will be memorable for years to come.

Erythrite
Erythrite.

T98FI7: Group of prismatic crystals of a considerable size, a lot of them doubly terminated and bright and all of good color, on matrix.
This one comes with Albert Botella and Jaume Vilalta labels, both from Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.

Bou-Azzer  Morocco

Specimen size: 9 × 7 × 6.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm


 
Erythrite

EQ47: We got this especially esthetic specimen with better color / luster than usual and with the crystals totally aerial associated with a small, extremely transparent, doubly terminated Quartz. Neat!
Bou-Azzer  Morocco (06/2000)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4 × 1.9 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm


Erythrite.
 
Barium-pharmacosiderite on Erythrite
Barium-pharmacosiderite on Erythrite. Barium-pharmacosiderite on Erythrite.

M87BC7: Jordi really likes it when a nice specimen also has a rare mineral on it. Well some of this 'infirmity' has rubbed off on me so I am also affected by the same thrill. So, in this one I can see the beauty of the large crystals of Erythrite which are long but covered with a rare mineral: Barium-pharmacosiderite. As we have done an analysis of this we can send you a copy. In fact we are also letting you know about something most people are unaware of - the presence of this mineral from Bou-Azzer. Which is something else we like to do!

Bou-Azzer  Morocco (2000)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 3.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.5 cm


 


Roselite

Roselite on Calcite

EB14F5: There is matrix and a group of Calcite crystals on which there are pleasingly pink-red crystals of Roselite that have complex forms, which give them a striated look.
Arhbar Mine, Bou-Azzer  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm

Calcite extremely fluorescent long & short UV


Roselite on Calcite.
Roselite on Calcite.
 
Roselite with Calcite
Roselite with Calcite.
Roselite with Calcite.

CE46G1: A nice miniature in which coexist the two typical habits of the Roselites from Bou-Azzer. On the upper part a dense druse with very intense color and on the front part are a lot of individuals on Calcite, some of them doubly terminated and showing their transparency.
Arhbar, Bou-Azzer area  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.5 × 3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


 


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

EQ56H7: A group of cubic crystals that have very sharp and bright faces and edges. The violet color is exceptionally intense and it even hides, due to its intensity, the magnificent transparency, visible under an intense spotlight.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm


Fluorite.
 
Fluorite
Fluorite.

EG49H6: Very aerial and esthetic group of cubic crystals that have very sharp and bright faces and edges with soft mosaic growths on the faces of the cube. The violet color is exceptionally intense and it even hides, due to its intensity, the magnificent transparency, visible with under an intense spotlight. The sample is on matrix and this is not usual for Tounfit Fluorite.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 12 × 6.3 × 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.5 cm

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


 
Fluorite with Calcite

EM99I1: Group of beveled cubic crystals of very deep color, partially covered by Calcite with curious shapes of dissolution showing its zoned structure. It is one of the best specimens with Calcite from the locality.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.7 × 3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


Fluorite with Calcite.
 
Fluorite
Fluorite.

EV16H7: Crystals show a very rare double habit where two phases of growth co-exist. Both phases are very well marked by the differences of color and luster. The first phase forms an inner octahedron, bright and of very deep violet color, only distinguishable because the second phase, whitish and less bright, formed the cube and the triangular faces of the octahedron that allowed the tips of the primitive octahedron to project as small pyramids.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.6 × 3.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.4 cm


 
Fluorite

EZ66H7: Crystals show a very rare double habit where two phases of growth co-exist. Both phases are very well marked by the differences of color and luster. The first phase forms an inner octahedron, bright and of very deep violet color, only distinguishable because the second phase, whitish and less bright, formed the cube and the triangular faces of the octahedron that allowed the tips of the primitive octahedron to project as small pyramids.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm


Fluorite.
 
Fluorite
Fluorite.
Fluorite.

EE7H6: Crystals show a very uncommon double habit because in them two phases of growth co-exist. Both phases are very well marked by the differences of color and luster. The first phase forms an inner octahedron, bright and of very deep violet color, only distinguishable because the second phase, whitish and less bright, formed the cube and the triangular faces of octahedron that allowed the tips of the primitive octahedron to project as small pyramids on a plane.
Tounfit, Boumia  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


 


Touissit

The bad news for all of us who have enjoyed all the marvellous specimens from the Touissit mining area is that it has recently stopped production and only a few workers are still there, looking after the pumps. So it is possible that no more quality samples from this mine will be produced in the future.

Cerussite

E14QI7: Group of fine prismatic crystals on matrix, some of them doubly terminated, and they all are completely transparent and extraordinarily bright.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.4 × 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.5 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


Cerussite. Front
Front
Cerussite. Top
Top
Cerussite. Rear
Rear
 
Cerussite with Smithsonite
Cerussite with Smithsonite. Front
Front
Cerussite with Smithsonite. Rear
Rear

NB36F2: The tabular form to the crystals is not common in Cerussite from Toussit. The small group of well-balanced Smithsonite adds a special touch.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.3 × 0.6 cm

Very fluorescent long & short UV


 
Anglesite

ER28H1: A group of very well-defined crystals which have an uncommon habit. They have a magnificent luster, deep yellow color and abundant inclusions of Galena. Unusual and especially nice.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1996)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.8 × 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm


Anglesite. Anglesite.
 
Anglesite
Anglesite. Anglesite.

N78DA0: Great color!
Touissit, Puit IX, Oujda  Morocco (02/95)

Specimen size: 7 × 2.5 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


 
Wulfenite

M66YG4: We note the intense yellow color and the luster typical of this locality. Crystals are scattered over a matrix of Dolomite and, even considering their fragility, they are free of damage.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 8 × 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm


Wulfenite.
Wulfenite.
 
Vanadinite (arsenical) with Mottramite
Vanadinite (arsenical) with Mottramite.

N50E: Not sufficiently rich in Arsenic to be Endlichite, not sufficiently poor in Arsenic to be plain Vanadinite this unusual Vanadinite-As is frequently confused with Pyromorphite. The most interesting feature of this specimen is the black crystals associated with it: it is Mottramite, a not so common mineral.
Touissit, Oujda  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 cm


 
Vanadinite (arsenical)

FP86C6: Huge crystal size on this arsenical Vanadinite (more Arsenic than in normal Vanadinite but not enough Arsenic to make it Endlichite). Its color is clearer and more esthetic than the usual material. The crystals show well their morphology. Minor black Mottramite on the bottom of the crystals too.
Touissit, Oujda  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.7 cm

Former Oliete collection. Number 210, bought in 1982


Vanadinite (arsenical).
 
Smithsonite
Smithsonite.
Smithsonite.

A26APE6: Globular Smithsonite that shows a deep color. Normally the ones from Touissit are not as good as those from Tsumeb, but this particular one is not that far off.
Touissit, Puit IX, Oujda  Morocco (03/96)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.7 × 5 cm


 
Mimetite

EC6F5: Very unusual for Touissit, this Mimetite (we have analyzed it) has formed small sharp, green crystals that have created semi-spherical groups across almost the whole specimen. Where one can see the matrix it is dark, which gives the specimen a mottled appearance. We will send the purchaser a copy of the analysis.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Mimetite.
Mimetite.
 
Aragonite (Tarnowitzite)
Aragonite (Tarnowitzite).

N8PH5: Its prismatic crystals have a perfect crystallization, but we call attention on its degree of transparency, very uncommon, on this plumbian variety of Aragonite. It’s also interesting to enhance the contrast with Limonite matrix with little acicular crystals of Malachite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis with the sample.
Puit IX, Touissit  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.9 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


 
Barite

M96LH5: It is really a rare local specimen. Being a common species, Barite is very rare in Touissit. It is a complex growth apparently forming a single crystal with smoothly curved faces and edges and slightly pinkish color. The group esthetically stands on a rocky matrix.
Touissit, Oujda  Morocco

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.5 × 5.8 cm

Main crystal size: 10.3 × 6 cm

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV


Barite.
 


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
Vanadinite.

EM62E6: What color! A very lively red that contrasts well with the white barite matrix. The Vanadinite crystals are undamaged on all their faces, and, because they are aerial, very visible.
Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (2001)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm


 
Vanadinite on Barite

EP26E7: The Barite is very white, the Vanadinite is very red, the crystals are very aerial, it is a large specimen, and it is perfect. So lots to think about in this one.
Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (03/2002)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 10.5 × 3 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm


Vanadinite on Barite. Vanadinite on Barite.
 
Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.

MC94D6: One of the best Vanadinites in terms of color/brilliance that I have ever seen. There is also the size of the specimen, the perfection of the crystals and their excellent very aerial position on the matrix, which make this a very high quality and definitive specimen.
Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (2000)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm


 
Vanadinite

E97DB5: Large crystal size in this powerful Vanadinite on matrix.
ACF shaft, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.5 cm


Vanadinite. Front
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Vanadinite. Side
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Coud'a Vanadinite

One of the exciting novelties at Tucson 2002 was the new find of Vanadinite from a new shaft in the Mibladen area. The name of this shaft is "Coud'a". Hard to translate from Arabian to English, it is pronounced "Coudia". In this new shaft people found some very large Vanadinite crystals. This in its self is not a real novelty because recently all sorts of crystal sizes have been found. The novelty is that their form is much more complex than the other Vanadinites and also their luster and color much better than usual. The crystals are near to being floaters with just a small point on each crystal where they were attached to the matrix. As a result of their size and very limited attachment no matrix specimens are available - they are too big and too heavy to resist any kind of extraction.

When Vanadinite crystals are huge they are usually either dull, poorly color or have four or five figures price. These ones look great and the balance quality / price is extremely affordable in our opinion. We tried to get the most competitive specimens, especially given all the possible concerns that you might have about this kind of material, as the area is being thoroughly searched so anything could happen for good or bad.

Well, this is our offer of these lovely specimens that I really like a lot! You will observe that some specimens are photographed twice - from its front and from its rear or corner so as to show its complex crystallography.

Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Front
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Vanadinite. Side
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TG60F9: Initially one might think this is a single crystal, but really is a group of crystals sharing the upper face. While this face shows the vivid red color typical of Vanadinite from Morocco, the lateral view (corresponding to the prism faces) reveals a range of tones from intense orange to the most spectacular red.
Coud'a, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (10/2001)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm


 
Vanadinite

TR61E2: An undamaged floater of nice color. A good example of the rare beauty of the Vanadinites from Coud'a.
Coud'a, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (10/01)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm


Vanadinite. Front
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Vanadinite. Side
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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
Acanthite.

MP86J5: Good miniature. Group of two octahedral crystals, very well defined and of a considerable size for the species.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm


 
Acanthite

MK56G5: A very aerial specimen, partially arborescent with crystals that are well developed. The luster of the crystals is more intense than usual.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm


Acanthite.
 


Moroccan Copper minerals


Copper with Cuprite
Copper with Cuprite. Front
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Copper with Cuprite. Rear
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EH6J8: Although they were previously known, we can consider those specimens a novelty. The group is arborescent and coated by secondary copper species (mainly Malachite) and crystals of Cuprite which are small deformed octahedrons.
Oumjrane Mine, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (02/2007)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 3.3 cm

Cuprite's areas fluorescent long & short UV


 
Copper with Malachite and Cuprite

EB13J8: Although they were previously known, we can consider those specimens a novelty. The group is arborescent and coated by secondary copper species (mainly Malachite) and crystals of Cuprite which are small deformed octahedrons.
Oumjrane Mine, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (02/2007)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 10.5 × 5.7 cm

Cuprite's areas fluorescent long & short UV


Copper with Malachite and Cuprite. Front
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Copper with Malachite and Cuprite. Rear
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Cuprite
Cuprite. Cuprite.

M57AI7: Cuprite can be considered as a very rare species at Touissit. On the sample it is in small, very bright and reddish crystals on matrix.
Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7 × 4.3 cm


 
Linarite with Brochantite

EF11H2: Predominating Brochantite fills the specimen of green color and embellishes the upper part with beautiful radially divergent groups of acicular crystals.
Goulmina, Er Rachidia  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.3 × 2.3 cm


Linarite with Brochantite.
Linarite with Brochantite.
 


Touissit Azurite

Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Front
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Azurite with Malachite. Rear
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Azurite with Malachite.

JT66G8: The piece is very rich with prismatic crystals, very bright and sharp, of Azurite. In the central zone of the sample there is a globular growth of Malachite. The intense color of both minerals has a strong contrast with the clear-yellow matrix of Limonite. Proceeding from an accredited collection, we will send the label to the buyer of the piece.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (±1992)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6 × 6.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm


 
Azurite on Dolomite

EZ92: Just in time before the closing of Touissit mines, we managed to obtain this superb Azurite specimen. Crystals standing free on their white Dolomite matrix. The sharp crystal form, luster, color and perfection make this specimen one of the best of this size for this mine.
Touissit, Puit IX, Oujda  Morocco (05/2002)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 2.8 cm


Azurite on Dolomite.
 
Azurite
Azurite. Front
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Azurite. Top
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JA10F3: A prismatic crystal that just looks like the typical ones from Touissit, but a more detailed check shows the unusual richness of the termination, with lots of faces. Definition, brilliance, and color are the outstanding features of this sample.
Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1993)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm


 
Azurite with Smithsonite

NB74H3: Magnificent crystal of very sharp and bright faces and edges and deep blue color, with clearer transparent reflections. It is important to note the uncommon presence of paragenetic globular Smithsonite on the matrix.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (02/1995)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.2 × 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.2 cm


Azurite with Smithsonite. Front
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Azurite with Smithsonite.
Azurite with Smithsonite. Top
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Kerrouchen Azurite

Azurite