A dendritic cluster of very elongated Proustite crystals that are translucent, bright, have a vivid and intense red color and are on a rocky matrix, with massive Calcite. Proustite crystals are rare at Bouismas, and even moreso with this “Chañarcillo” shape, relatively new here. Furthermore the sample is an excellent miniature, very fine.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2015)
Specimen size: 5 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.06” × 0.71”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”
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