Ste. Marie 2012 Update

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EA11W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and show the faces of a pyramid. The crystals have polycrystalline growths on their edges that gives them a toothed appearance. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coat a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EB11W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin prism faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coat a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 1.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 0.5”

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

EC70W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin prism faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coat a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.7” × 1.4” × 0.7”

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

ED90W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin pyramidal faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coated a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 0.7”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EF76W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent tabular and laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin prismatic faces and have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coated a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 5.7 × 4.5 cm = 4.2” × 2.2” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EE86W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent tabular and laminar crystals with a vivid red color, more aerial than usual. They have a dominant pinacoid with polycrystalline growths on their faces, and thin prismatic and pyramidal faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coat a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 8 × 4.5 cm = 3.2” × 3.1” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

EH97W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent tabular and laminar crystals with a vivid red color, they have a dominant pinacoid with polycrystalline growths on their faces, and thin prismatic and pyramidal faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coat a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 2012’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 84 of number 5/2012
Koudiat Mohamedine, Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Meknès-Tafilalet  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.2 × 4.3 cm = 4.1” × 3.2” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

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

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

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

EX36W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Very aerial parallel growth of very elongated flattened crystals. They are translucent, bright, and have an intense and uniform sky blue color. The group is implanted on a limonite matrix.
Ouichane Mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador  Morocco (01-04/2012)

Specimen size: 8 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.1” × 1.7” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.5” × 0.6”

EY96W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Parallel aggregates and bundled aggregates of very elongated flattened crystals with good terminations, very acute, between transparent and translucent, bright and with an intense and uniform sky blue color, with small spots of limonite matrix.
Ouichane Mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador  Morocco (01-04/2012)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.2” × 1.8” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 4 × 0.5 cm = 1.6” × 0.2”

EX89W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Parallel and divergent aggregates, on limonite matrix, of elongated crystals that are very acute and have good terminations. They are between transparent and translucent, and are bright with an intense and uniform sky blue color.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 2012’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 85 of number 5/2012
Ouichane Mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador  Morocco (01-04/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.5 × 5.8 cm = 2.9” × 2.6” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 1.7 cm = 2.8” × 0.7”

ER99W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Parallel aggregates and bundled aggregates of very elongated flattened crystals with good terminations, very acute, between transparent and translucent, bright and with an intense and uniform sky blue color, with small spots of limonite matrix.
Ouichane Mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador  Morocco (01-04/2012)

Specimen size: 11 × 9.5 × 6.7 cm = 4.3” × 3.7” × 2.6”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EG66W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Irregular aggregate of sharp cubic crystals of Pyrite. They are very bright, and are on Quartz matrix with laminar crystals of Barite.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.1” × 2.2” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

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

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

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

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

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

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

EK67W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Very rich irregular aggregate of very flattened crystals of Marcasite that show, very well marked, the twin known as "cockscomb". They are extraordinarily bright, with small disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, and have skeletal forms, especially on the back side of the sample, that reveal holes left by former tabular crystals, probably Barite.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane area, Alnif, Er Rachidia  Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.7” × 2.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

EM99W2: Short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, with a false appearance of the tetrahedron, with very well defined faces and edges and very bright. They have a considerable size and have grown paragenetically with a group of dark brown lenticular crystals of Siderite, translucent and bright. They have some minor damage on some edges, the least that we have been able to obtain because these samples usually are badly broken.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang County, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou, China  China (2012)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

EP90W2: Short diesphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, with a false appearance of tetrahedron, with very well defined faces and edges and very bright. They are on a matrix of dark brown lenticular crystals of Siderite translucent and bright. They have some minor damages on some edges, the really minimal that we have achieved to obtain due to these samples usually are clearly broken.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang County, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou, China  China (2012)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 6.9 × 5.3 cm = 4.9” × 2.7” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TE76W2: Parallel growth of crystals exhibiting a dipyramidal habit, with very well defined faces and edges and with evident inclusions in some areas. This growth forms a scepter on a crystal of Quartz of simple forms. On this sample, some prism faces are slightly more evident than usual and their presence underlines that is not β-Quartz.
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2012)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 3.8 × 3 cm = 3.3” × 1.5” × 1.2”

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

TT96W2: Parallel growth of crystals with a dipyramidal habit, sometimes erroneously described as β-Quartz. They are translucent, rich with inclusions, and have very well defined faces and edges.
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2012)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 4.8” × 1.9” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 4 cm = 1.7” × 1.6”

TF47W2: Parallel growth of crystals exhibiting a dipyramidal habit, with very well defined faces and edges and very rich with inclusions. On this sample some prism faces are slightly more evident than usual and their presence underlines that is not β-Quartz. They are on matrix, with very bright small dipyramidal crystals of Arsenopyrite.
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2012)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 9.5 × 5.8 cm = 5.7” × 3.7” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 13 × 3.9 cm = 5.1” × 1.5”

MY94W2: Divergent aggregate of very well defined crystals with good terminations. They have marked curvatures of the prism edges, are bright and are with small Quartz growths. The sample is very representative of the first finds in Huanggang in 2010, in which some of the samples had an intense luster.
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 6 × 1.9 cm = 2.4” × 0.7”