Post-Ste. Marie 2009 Update

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EA11N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 1.2” × 0.8” × 0.5”

EB61N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning in one of the terminations and not identified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Tirecht Bou Oudi. Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.4” × 0.9” × 0.6”

ED12N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning in one of the terminations and not identified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.6”

EE13N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.3” × 0.8” × 0.6”

EC12N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.4” × 1.0” × 0.7”

EG63N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.7”

EF63N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.4” × 0.8” × 0.7”

EK14N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2009 in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 46, volume 34, number 9, September 2009.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.8”

EJ14N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.4” × 0.8” × 0.6”

EL14N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.4” × 0.9” × 0.6”

EH14N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Doubly terminated crystal with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.4” × 0.9” × 0.6”

EL64N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Two doubly terminated crystals with very well defined color zoning, reminding one of an hour glass, and unidentified fibrous inclusions. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
This specimen was photographed for the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’ and appears on page 2 of number 383.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.0” × 0.7”

EM14N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with very well defined color zoning. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to be separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 0.9”

EP11N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Crystal with polysynthetic growths and with very well defined color zoning. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.9”

EQ11N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Group of doubly terminated crystals with a very well defined color zoning. On the back, the crystal has a neat contact, of sugary aspect, from the lost matrix from which it seems to have separated very easily.
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata, Goulmina-Es Smara  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.1”

TY16N9: Flat twinned crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They are grayish and have an excellent luster and are on matrix. Very different from the usual Cerussite from Touissit.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1994)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 4.0” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”