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Aggregate of rhombododecahedral Andradite crystals with a brown color, sharp and extraordinarily lustrous, with radiating Ferro-actinolite crystals covered by groups of small light brown Titanite crystals. Also has some isolated crystals of a second generation of Titanite. Some small isolated crystals of Epidote and some white crystals of Feldspar complete the combo. From a 2021 discovery in the Imilchil area, a reference locality for Morocco as well as an international one, a large skarn caused by the intrusion of igneous bodies into Jurassic era limestones and marls.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)
Specimen size: 6.0 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.34” × 1.30”
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”
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