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Carles Curto Text: Carles Curto (formerly curator of the Geology Museum, Barcelona) & Jordi Fabre
Alfredo Petrov Translation: Alfredo Petrov
Assistance from John S. White (former Smithsonian curator) John S. White


ASSA-ZAG PROVINCE

Gold from Guelmim-Oued Noun

During the year 2020, images, videos and many rumors began to circulate about the discovery of high-quality Golds in the Southwest of Morocco. With the Covid situation it was difficult to go to or to leave Morocco, so it was quite a long time until the first pieces arrived in Europe. Once here, very reliable analyses had to be done to ensure that these new Golds were natural. They were so perfect and, some of them so different from the Golds that had been known before from Southwestern Morocco that to avoid suspicions it was best to have the analytical data prior to putting them on sale. Between one thing and another we have had to wait a bit but at the end of 2020 we can finally offer these specimens of great beauty and very different from what has been known so far.
We attach here the analysis, which as you can see is very complete, to avoid doubts about it.

 

To see our best specimens from this locality use this link
and to see more affordable specimens this other link


Gold on Quartz
Gold on Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold on Quartz. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TPF51AN5: A recent find in 2021 yielded these elegant Gold specimens. This piece shows good crystallization and, above all, is on matrix, which until now has been extremely rare. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (01/2021)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.67” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.28”

With analysis copy



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Gold on Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

TMQ87AN5: A recent find in 2021 yielded these elegant Gold specimens. This piece shows good crystallization and, above all, is on matrix, which until now has been extremely rare. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (01/2021)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

With analysis copy



Gold on Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold on Quartz. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold on Quartz
Gold on Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold on Quartz. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold on Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

TFG94AN5: A recent find in 2021 yielded these elegant Gold specimens. This piece shows good crystallization and, above all, is on matrix, which until now has been extremely rare. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (01/2021)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.71” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

With analysis copy



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Gold on Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

TGJ16AN5: A recent find in 2021 yielded these elegant Gold specimens. This piece shows good crystallization and, above all, is on matrix, which until now has been extremely rare. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (01/2021)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.98” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

With analysis copy



Gold on Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold on Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold on Quartz
Gold on Quartz. Gold on Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

TTV87AN5: A recent find in 2021 yielded these elegant Gold specimens. This piece shows good crystallization and, above all, is on matrix, which until now has been extremely rare. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (01/2021)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 1.34” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

With analysis copy



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Gold on Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

TMB51AN5: A recent find in 2021 yielded these elegant Gold specimens. This piece shows good crystallization and, above all, is on matrix, which until now has been extremely rare. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (01/2021)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.46” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

With analysis copy



Gold on Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold on Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold with Quartz and Pyrite
Gold with Quartz and Pyrite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold with Quartz and Pyrite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold with Quartz and Pyrite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TGH27AN5: A recent find in 2021 yielded these elegant Gold specimens. This piece shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with distinct twinning according to the spinel law, but, above all, it is in a Quartz matrix with coatings of small Pyrite crystals, which until now has been extremely rare. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (01/2021)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.85” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.12”

With analysis copy



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Gold with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MG34AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location yet to be determined, this specimen of Gold, very well crystallized and with brilliant luster, displays a sharply defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, twinned according to the spinel law, and minor Quartz.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.24” × 0.16”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.3 grams



Gold with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz
Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

MK28AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location yet to be determined, this specimen of Gold, very well crystallized and with brilliant luster, displays a sharply defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, twinned according to the spinel law, with curious hooked ends and with minor Quartz.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16” × 0.16”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.5 grams



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Gold with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MV51AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location still to be determined, this specimen of very brilliant crystallized Gold displays branched forms, skeletal shapes and it has minor Quartz.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.28” × 0.16”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.4 grams



Gold with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold with Quartz. Rear
Rear
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Gold
Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

MH89AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location yet to be determined, this specimen of Gold, very well crystallized and with brilliant luster, displays a sharply defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron and with curious hooked ends.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.43” × 0.35” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.7 grams



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Gold with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MQ87AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location yet to be determined, this specimen of Gold, very well crystallized and with brilliant luster, displays a sharply defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron and with minor Quartz.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.35” × 0.31”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.2 grams



Gold with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz
Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

MJ87AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location yet to be determined, this specimen of Gold, very well crystallized and with brilliant luster, displays a sharply defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, twinned according to the spinel law, with curious hooked ends and with minor Quartz.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.12” × 0.08”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.4 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)
 

MT56AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.16” × 0.08”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.3 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
 

TZ86AN0: These elegant Golds were found for the first time in 2020. Group of elongated and flattened Gold crystals, with parallel growths and twinned according to the spinel law. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.24” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.1 gramos



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

MF30AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location yet to be determined, this specimen of Gold, very well crystallized and with brilliant luster, displays a sharply defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, twinned according to the spinel law and with curious hooked ends.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20” × 0.20”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.8 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin). Rear
Rear
Order
Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin). Rear
Rear
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear  / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

MC56AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location yet to be determined, this specimen of Gold, very well crystallized and with brilliant luster, displays a sharply defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, distinctly twinned according to the spinel law and with curious hooked ends.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.51” × 0.31” × 0.28”

With analysis copy

Weight: 2.1 grams



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Gold with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

ME30AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location still to be determined, this specimen of very brilliant crystallized Gold displays branched forms, skeletal shapes and it has minor Quartz.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.43” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.7 grams



Gold with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TY87AN2: Very stylized parallel growths of Gold crystals with sharp crystal morphology, dominated by octahedron forms, with distinct spinel-law twinning and excellent terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.20” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.5 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

MY41AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.24” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.9 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Order
Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin). Rear
Rear
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear  / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TX67AN0: These elegant Golds were first found in 2020. This specimen is different from others of the same find, but it also has excellent crystallization, the dominant crystal forms being the dodecahedron and octahedron, with a sharp spinel-law twin. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.39” × 0.35”

With analysis copy

Weight: 3.7 grams



Order
Gold (spinel twin)
 

MC89AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.12” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.6 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
 

MD49AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.24” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.6 grams



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Gold
 

MC1AI5: Very aerial and bright aggregate with crystalline forms perhaps not so well defined but evident.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 1.8 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.24” × 0.24”

With analysis copy

Weight: 3.4 grams



Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear
Order
Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
 

EFL74AO2: Parallel growth of very elongated Gold crystals, with very sharp crystal morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, hopper faces, a very marked spinel-law twin, and curious hooked terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.12” × 0.08”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.4 grams



Order
Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

MT49AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.16” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.6 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

MV99AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.16” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.7 grams



Order
Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

MZ11AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.20” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.8 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

MB70AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.16” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.8 grams



Order
Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

MR47AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. The specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with very marked spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.24” × 0.08”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.3 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TE91AN0: These elegant Golds were found for the first time in 2020. Very aerial and elongated group of Gold crystals with excellent crystallization, dominated by crystal forms of the dodecahedron and octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, with sharp spinel-law twins. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.28” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.0 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

MYX96AP1: Parallel growths of very well defined Gold crystals, dominated by octahedron forms, with a very marked spinel-law twin and excellent terminations.
The specimens of this find have been carefully analyzed, we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.31” × 0.20”

With analysis copy

Weight: 2.2 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin). Rear
Rear
Order
Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

MZY45AO5: Parallel growth, very stylized, of octahedral Gold crystals, with very sharp crystal morphology and a marked spinel-law twin.
This material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.31” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

With analysis copy

Weight: 3.1 grams



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Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

TMP102AN5: A recent find in 2021 has provided these elegant Gold specimens. The piece shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with the distinct twinning according to the spinel law, and a little bit of Quartz matrix. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (01/2021)

Specimen size: 2 × 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.35” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.9 grams



Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin) with Quartz. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TG26AN2: Very stylized parallel growths of Gold crystals with sharp crystal morphology, dominated by octahedron forms, with distinct spinel-law twinning and excellent terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.31” × 0.16”

With analysis copy

Weight: 2.4 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

TV98AN0: These elegant Golds were found for the first time in 2020. Very aerial and elongated group of Gold crystals with excellent crystallization, dominated by crystal forms of the dodecahedron and octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, with sharp spinel-law twins. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.12” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.5 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TD94AN0: These elegant Golds were found for the first time in 2020. Very aerial and elongated group of Gold crystals with excellent crystallization, dominated by crystal forms of the dodecahedron and octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, with sharp spinel-law twins. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.24” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.2 grams



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Gold
 

MA2AI5: Floater that is bright and has poorly defined but existing crystalline forms. The sample is from a not yet quite well defined area in the Sidi-Ifni region.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.59” × 0.08”

With analysis copy

Weight: 4.2 grams



Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

ERF94AO4: Very well crystallized Gold with a very sharp morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in stylized parallel growths. With very distinct spinel-law twins and curious hooked terminations.
The specimen has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.24” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.9 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

MB16AM4: From a very recent find in the area of Western Sahara in Morocco, with the specific location yet to be determined, this specimen of Gold, very well crystallized and with brilliant luster, displays a sharply defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, distinctly twinned according to the spinel law and with curious hooked ends.
We will see what the future of the locality holds for these high quality absolute novelties.
This material has been carefully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.12” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.38 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin). Rear
Rear
Gold (spinel twin). Side
Side
Gold (spinel twin). Side  / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

EXR72AP4: Parallel and stylized growths of octahedral Gold crystals with very distinct spinel law twinning.
The specimen has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.16” × 0.16”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.1 grams



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Gold (spinel twin) with Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

MXX86AP4: Parallel and stylized growths of octahedral Gold crystals with very distinct spinel law twinning.
The specimen has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.24” × 0.20”

With analysis copy

Weight: 2.1 grams



Gold (spinel twin) with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin) with Calcite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
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Gold
Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear
 

MB94AI5: Floater that is bright and has poorly defined but existing crystalline forms. The sample is from a not yet quite well defined area in the Sidi-Ifni region.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.8 × 0.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.71” × 0.16”

With analysis copy

Weight: 6.8 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

EXJ92AO5: Very stylized parallel growth of octahedral Gold crystals, with a very sharp crystal morphology, a very distinct spinel-law twin and a hooked termination.
This material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 3 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.20” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.4 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin). Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

ETM93AO7: Stylized parallel growths of very well defined octahedral Gold crystals with very visible spinel-law twinning, and very shiny.
The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.20” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 2.0 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

EXF88AO4: Very well crystallized Gold with a very sharp morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in stylized parallel growths. With very distinct spinel-law twins and curious hooked terminations.
The specimen has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 1.30” × 0.08” × 0.08”

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.7 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin).

Recorded under neon light
 

MA37AM5: This elegant Gold was found for the first time in 2020. This specimen is different from the others because it is on a Quartz matrix and although its crystals are not as well defined as those of other pieces of this find, they are still crystals and still shows the spinel-law twinning. Absolute novelty and of great quality. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 1.30” × 0.79” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

With analysis copy

Weight: 10.8 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

EAM33AP4: Parallel and stylized growths of octahedral Gold crystals with very distinct spinel law twinning.
The specimen has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 1.34” × 0.20” × 0.20”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.8 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
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Gold (spinel twin)
Gold (spinel twin). Front
Front
Gold (spinel twin). Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

TRB16AN8: Parallel, twisted and very stylized growth of Gold crystals of well defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, with distinct spinel-law twins and with curious hooked terminations.
The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 1.50” × 0.12” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Weight: 1.4 grams



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Gold (spinel twin)

Recorded under neon light
 

TB37AN0: These elegant Golds were found for the first time in 2020. Very aerial and elongated group of Gold crystals with excellent crystallization, dominated by crystal forms of the dodecahedron and octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, with sharp spinel-law twins. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 1.50” × 0.20” × 0.16”

With analysis copy

Weight: 2.8 grams



Gold (spinel twin). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (spinel twin). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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IMILCHIL

Microcline with Hematite and Quartz
Microcline with Hematite and Quartz. Front
Front
Microcline with Hematite and Quartz. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

MCR46AP7: Group of Microcline crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 1.06”




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Microcline with Hematite and Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MBB16AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.01” × 1.81” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.75”




Microcline with Hematite and Quartz. Microcline with Hematite and Quartz.
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Microcline with Hematite and Quartz
Microcline with Hematite and Quartz. Front
Front
Microcline with Hematite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Microcline with Hematite and Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

MYB27AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite. Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.24” × 1.73” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.94”


€220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$353

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Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky)

Recorded under neon light
 

MCR14AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with a short prismatic habit, with good terminations, reddish color, accompanied by Quartz crystals (smoky variety).
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown before.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 1.85” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.71”




Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky). Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky).
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Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky)
Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky). Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky).

Recorded under neon light
 

MXA14AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, one of them clearly dominant, with good terminations, reddish color, accompanied by crystals of Quartz (smoky variety).
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown before.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 1.3 cm = 2.28” × 0.51”




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Microcline with Hematite and Quartz (variety smoky)

Recorded under neon light
 

MMB16AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with a short prismatic habit, with good terminations, reddish color, accompanied by Quartz crystals (smoky variety).
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown before.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.44” × 1.73” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”




Microcline with Hematite and Quartz (variety smoky). Microcline with Hematite and Quartz (variety smoky).
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Microcline with Quartz after Vesuvianite
Microcline with Quartz after Vesuvianite. Microcline with Quartz after Vesuvianite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MBC86AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of Microcline crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp Baveno-law twinning, with good luster and an intense pink color, accompanied by quartz crystals that are clearly pseudomorphs after some other pre-existing species, possibly Vesuvianite. The pseudomorphs have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The specimen comes from finds made in the Imilchil area between August and September of 2022.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.68” × 2.32” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.65”

Minor fluorescence short UV



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Microcline with Hematite and Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MRA86AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.68” × 2.68” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.91”




Microcline with Hematite and Quartz. Microcline with Hematite and Quartz.
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Microcline with Quartz after Vesuvianite
Microcline with Quartz after Vesuvianite. Microcline with Quartz after Vesuvianite.
Microcline with Quartz after Vesuvianite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MXM26AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of Microcline crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined Baveno-law twins, with good luster and an intense pink color, accompanied by Quartz crystals that are clearly pseudomorphing some other pre-existing species, possibly Vesuvianite. The Quartz pseudomorphs have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The specimen comes from finds made in the Imilchil area between August and September of 2022
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.7 × 5.2 cm = 2.99” × 2.24” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence short UV



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Microcline with Hematite and Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MFA86AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”




Microcline with Hematite and Quartz. Microcline with Hematite and Quartz.
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Microcline with Magnetite
Microcline with Magnetite. Microcline with Magnetite.

Recorded under neon light
 

EPX16AP1: Group of elongated Microcline crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, some of them with curious geometric dissolution channels in the heart of the crystal and with coatings of small crystals of very shiny Magnetite.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.4 × 6.4 cm = 3.23” × 2.91” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 0.91”

Minor fluorescence short UV



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Microcline with Stilbite-Ca

Recorded under neon light
 

MFH37AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Druse of tabular Microcline crystals with very well defined crystal forms and Carlsbad-law twinning, with good luster and an intense pink color, covered with small crystals of Stilbite-Ca. The specimen comes from finds made in the Imilchil area between August and September of 2022.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.6 × 4.9 cm = 3.43” × 3.39” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Microcline with Stilbite-Ca. Microcline with Stilbite-Ca.
Microcline with Stilbite-Ca.
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Microcline with Hematite and Quartz
Microcline with Hematite and Quartz. Microcline with Hematite and Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

MXR66AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.50” × 1.65” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.75”




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Microcline with Magnetite

Recorded under neon light
 

MRB86AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Floater group of Microcline crystals with polycrystalline growths, with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and creamy white color, with inclusions of black Magnetite microcrystals. This specimen comes from very recent finds in the Imilchil area in May 2022.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 9.4 × 8.2 cm = 3.82” × 3.70” × 3.23”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.55”

Fluorescent short UV



Microcline with Magnetite. Front
Front
Microcline with Magnetite. Side
Side
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Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky)
Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky). Front
Front
Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky). Side
Side
Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky). Side
Side
Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky). Top
Top

Recorded under neon light
 

MTB86AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, twinned by both the Baveno and Manebach laws, of reddish color, associated with Quartz crystals (smoky variety).
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown until now.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 4.09” × 1.69” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 10.4 × 2 cm = 4.09” × 0.79”


€220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$353

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Microcline with Magnetite

Recorded under neon light
 

MTM46AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Floater group of Microcline crystals with polycrystalline growths, with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and creamy white color, with inclusions of black Magnetite microcrystals. This specimen comes from very recent finds in the Imilchil area in May 2022.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 10.4 × 6.2 cm = 4.49” × 4.09” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.98”

Fluorescent short UV



Microcline with Magnetite.
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Microcline with Magnetite
Microcline with Magnetite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MFB14AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Floater group of Microcline crystals with polycrystalline growths, with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and creamy white color, with inclusions of black Magnetite microcrystals. This specimen comes from very recent finds in the Imilchil area in May 2022.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 7.4 × 4.8 cm = 4.76” × 2.91” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.55”

Fluorescent short UV



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Microcline with Baryte and Quartz (variety smoky)

Recorded under neon light
 

MRB86AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with a short prismatic habit, with good terminations, reddish color, accompanied by Quartz crystals (smoky variety) and with a book-like aggregate of white lamellar Baryte crystals that proves the relationship of this material with the usual Aouli material, although this specimen comes from a very unusual find there, where until now the presence of feldspars had been unknown.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 8.3 × 5 cm = 4.92” × 3.27” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.75”




Microcline with Baryte and Quartz (variety smoky). Microcline with Baryte and Quartz (variety smoky).
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Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline. Rear
Rear
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline.

Recorded under neon light
 

TEG16AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.73” × 1.22”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV



Order
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite

Recorded under neon light
 

TPM47AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 6.8 × 3.4 cm = 5.83” × 2.68” × 1.34”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV



Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite. Rear
Rear
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite.
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Andradite with Microcline
Andradite with Microcline. Andradite with Microcline.
 

TH16AN2: Very aerial group of dodecahedral Andradite crystals, sharp, lustrous, on a Microcline matrix.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.7  cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1  cm = 0.55” × 0.43”




Order
Andradite with Microcline

Recorded under neon light
 

TKX11AO7: Black, rhombododecahedral Andradite crystal beveled by trapezohedron faces, lustrous, on a matrix of small Microcline crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8 × 4.9 × 3.1 cm = 3.15” × 1.93” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.71”




Andradite with Microcline. Andradite with Microcline.
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Andradite with Microcline
Andradite with Microcline. Andradite with Microcline.
 

TQ96AN2: Brilliant dodecahedral Andradite crystals, with a very deep reddish brown color, on a Microcline matrix.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.6 × 2.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.20” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”




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Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz
 

TV66AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Octahedral crystals of Magnetite (titanium-rich variety) in parallel growths and with an aggregate habit that suggests they represent a pseudomorph after an Ilmenite crystal. The lustrous Magnetite crystals show fine growth lines and are partially covered by Microcline and Quartz crystals. Both the Magnetite and the Microcline have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.38” × 0.67”

Microcline fluorescent short UV



Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Front
Front
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Front
Front
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

TG27AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Octahedral crystals of Magnetite (titanium-rich variety) in parallel growths and with an aggregate habit that suggests they represent a pseudomorph after an Ilmenite crystal. The lustrous Magnetite crystals show fine growth lines and are partially covered by Microcline and Quartz crystals. Both the Magnetite and the Microcline have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.18”

Microcline fluorescent short UV



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Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz
 

TM46AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Octahedral crystals of Magnetite (titanium-rich variety) in parallel growths and with an aggregate habit that suggests they represent a pseudomorph after an Ilmenite crystal. The lustrous Magnetite crystals show fine growth lines and are partially covered by Microcline and Quartz crystals. Both the Magnetite and the Microcline have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 0.94”

Microcline fluorescent short UV



Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Front
Front
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Quartz
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Quartz. Front
Front
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Quartz. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

TC88AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Druse of octahedral crystals of Magnetite (titanium-rich variety) in parallel growths and with an aggregate habit that suggests they represent a pseudomorph after an Ilmenite crystal. The Magnetite crystals are lustrous, with fine growth striations, partially covered by Quartz crystals. The Magnetite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 8 × 5 × 1.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.97” × 0.67”




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Prehnite
 

EH14AK1: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Individualized spheroidal aggregates with parallel crystal growths of well defined translucent and bright faces, a uniform light green color and on matrix. They have a morphology not previously known at Imilchil.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.61” × 1.50” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”




Prehnite. Prehnite.
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Prehnite
Prehnite. Front
Front
Prehnite. Rear
Rear
 

EC9AK1: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Individualized spheroidal aggregates with parallel crystal growths of well defined translucent and bright faces, a uniform light green color and on matrix. They have a morphology not previously known at Imilchil.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2019 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 148, page 35
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.61” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”




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Prehnite
 

EJ12AK1: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Individualized spheroidal aggregates with parallel crystal growths of well defined translucent and bright faces, a uniform light green color and on matrix. They have a morphology not previously known at Imilchil.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.56” × 2.05” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”




Prehnite. Prehnite.
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Prehnite with Epidote
Prehnite with Epidote. Front
Front
Prehnite with Epidote. Side
Side
Prehnite with Epidote. Side
Side
 

MB16AL4: Spheroidal growth, on matrix, of Prehnite crystals with visible crystals, translucent, pale green, and partially encrusted with small Epidote crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.3 × 4.5 cm = 2.13” × 2.09” × 1.77”


minID: KQ9-PE6



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Hematite with Prehnite
 

MH66AF3: Flattened polycrystalline growths of very sharp Hematite crystals. They are black and very bright and are on a matrix of fan-like aggregates of Prehnite crystals. Unusual.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.7 × 6.9 cm = 3.66” × 3.43” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 0.79”




Hematite with Prehnite. Hematite with Prehnite.
Hematite with Prehnite.
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Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline. Front
Front
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline. Side
Side
 

ED96AD7: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Characteristically platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contour and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile, coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under led light but is greenish with natural or neon light.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions (by example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. These samples, very different from the Titanite previously known at Imilchil, have required a hurried analytical process that we’ll extend and complete. We’ll send to the buyer the information and documentation previously obtained about the process and also a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in these samples.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.69” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”




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Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
 

EK48AE1: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2016. Platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contours and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile, coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under led light but is greenish with daylight or neon light. Partially coated by Microcline crystals.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions (by example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in the samples.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.89” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”




Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline. Front
Front
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline. Rear
Rear
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline.
Order
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline. Front
Front
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline. Rear
Rear
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline.
 

EC99AE1: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2016. Platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contours and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile, coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under led light but is greenish with daylight or neon light. Partially coated by Microcline crystals.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions (by example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in the samples.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.2 × 1.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.05” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”




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Jebel Masker

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
 

MZ14AL5: Two very aerial Calcite crystals, with a sharp pseudohexagonal habit, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.52” × 2.01” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.22”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Rear
Rear
 

EK11AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced an earlier generation of Calcite crystals (analyzed). With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.56” × 1.73” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.55”




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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MPX26AP6: Group of Calcite crystals with a very pseudohexagonal outline, coated and replaced by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved and with small Quartz crystals.
We have analyzed this type of specimen due to their genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.3 × 5.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.22”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz and Epidote
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz and Epidote. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz and Epidote. Rear
Rear
 

MY26AL5: Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal shape, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz and Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.68” × 2.60” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.48” × 0.98”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite
 

EG9AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced an earlier generation of Calcite crystals (analyzed). With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.80” × 1.69” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 7 × 1.5 cm = 2.76” × 0.59”




Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Rear
Rear
Order
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

EKF14AO7: Calcite growths in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced the pre-existing prismatic crystals with very deeply hoppered terminations, and so we can assume that a first generation of Calcite crystals was replaced by crystals of a second generation that analysis has confirmed as Calcite too. On matrix, with spheroidal growths of Chlorite.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 8.3 × 5.3 cm = 3.31” × 3.27” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.5 cm = 1.97” × 0.98”

With analysis copy



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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Prehnite
 

EH26AM3: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, some of them doubly terminated, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals. On matrix, with centered growths of acicular white Prehnite crystals.
Due to its genetic complexity the specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 7.1 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 0.94”

With analysis copy



Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Prehnite.
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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

EKA16AO7: Calcite growths in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced the pre-existing prismatic crystals with very deeply hoppered terminations, and so we can assume that a first generation of Calcite crystals was replaced by crystals of a second generation that analysis has confirmed as Calcite too. On matrix, with spheroidal growths of Chlorite.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 9.2 × 7 cm = 3.70” × 3.62” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 9.4 × 5.8 cm = 3.70” × 2.28”

With analysis copy



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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite
 

EJ11AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that Calcita has also given in Calcite analysis, so it can be assumed that it was a first generation of Calcite . With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 3.82” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 9.7 × 1.5 cm = 3.82” × 0.59”




Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Rear
Rear
Order
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite. Rear
Rear
 

ET14AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that were shown to have been Calcite too, assumed to be an earlier generation of Calcite. With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 4.21” × 1.18” × 0.94”




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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote
 

ET47AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aesthetic specimen with Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a pseudohexagonal contour, with a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with fan-shaped aggregate coatings of acicular epidote crystals. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.8 × 5.4 cm = 4.65” × 4.25” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 11.8 × 3 cm = 4.65” × 1.18”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Side
Side
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Rear
Rear
Order
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote.
 

MR67AK9: Group of sharp pseudohexagonal Calcite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals, and localized groups of Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen because of their genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 17.8 × 11.7 × 10.2 cm = 7.01” × 4.61” × 4.02”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.10”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

minID: 933JQC



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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

ETU260AO0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved, with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Monumental.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 20.4 × 13.8 × 10.3 cm = 8.03” × 5.43” × 4.06”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42”




Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
 

MG6AL5: Fan-like growths of short prismatic crystals of Epidote rich in terminal faces, shiny, and very deep in color, on matrix, with Quartz. Previously labeled as coming from "Imilchil", but we now know a more precise location.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.9 × 3.4 cm = 3.23” × 3.11” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”




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MIBLADEN AREA

ACF Mine area

Vanadinite on Baryte
 

T26MCAB7: Thick tabular Vanadinite crystals that are bright and have a very intense and uniform color. They are on aggregates of white laminar Baryte crystals and are on matrix. The sample has been recovered from an old find in 1995 when only a few samples of good quality were recovered
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.60” × 1.77” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”




Vanadinite on Baryte. Vanadinite on Baryte.
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Vanadinite with Baryte
Vanadinite with Baryte. Vanadinite with Baryte.
 

AA96AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with good luster and a very deep color, on matrix, with book-like aggregates of snow-white lamellar Baryte crystals.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.60” × 2.24” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”




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Vanadinite with Baryte
 

MB36AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic, among the best finds of the year 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.05” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”




Vanadinite with Baryte. Vanadinite with Baryte.
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Vanadinite with Baryte
Vanadinite with Baryte. Vanadinite with Baryte.
 

AB76AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic, among the best finds of the year 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.4 × 5.7 cm = 3.82” × 2.52” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




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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
 

EB48AJ9: From a recent find, found deeper than usual at the Koudiat Mohamedine area. Parallel polycrystalline aggregates forming a feather-like growth of crystals with a tabular shape, extraordinarily bright with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color and slightly mat on the back side.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.2 × 0.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.87” × 0.24”




Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite.
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Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite. Side
Side
Vanadinite.

Recorded under neon light
 

EF73AJ9: From a discovery of the year 2019 made in more depth than usual at the Coud'a area. Parallel polycrystalline aggregates forming walls with esthetic twisting and feather-like growths of crystals with a tabular shape, a lot of them doubly terminated, some with hollow growths, extraordinarily bright with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color and slightly mat on the back side.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.75”




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Vanadinite

Recorded under neon light
 

EL96AM3: From a 2019 discovery at a greater depth than usual in the Coud'a area. With polycrystalline groups and parallel growths of Vanadinite crystals with a thick tabular habit, on matrix, many of them doubly terminated and with hopper growths. Very lustrous and with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color, less intense on the back. High quality.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.7 × 6.7 cm = 2.68” × 1.46” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”




Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Side
Side
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
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Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite.
 

EA91AJ9: From a recent find, found deeper than usual at the Koudiat Mohamedine area. Parallel polycrystalline aggregates forming a feather-like growth of crystals with a thick tabular shape, a lot of them doubly terminated, extraordinarily bright with a very vivid and uniform magenta-red color and slightly mat on the back.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 7 × 3 × 1 cm = 2.76” × 1.18” × 0.39”




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Vanadinite

Recorded under neon light
 

EF86AN1: From a find deeper than usual in the Coud'a area, with large and thick tabular crystals, extraordinarily lustrous and with a very vivid and uniform red color, slightly less bright and lighter in color on the back.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01-02/2019)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.95” × 2.40” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.55”




Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Side
Side
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
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Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

ET46AL5: This specimen is from a recent discovery at a deeper depth than usual in the Coud'a area, with parallel polycrystalline aggregates that form a feathery growth of tabular habit crystals, extraordinarily bright and with a very lively and uniform red-magenta color. Slightly matte on the back.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.2 × 1.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.05” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 5.2 × 1.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.05” × 0.63”




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Vanadinite
 

EC92AJ9: The sample is from a find made at the Coud’a area in the first months of 2019, found much deeper than usual. Short prismatic crystals on matrix, some of them doubly terminated, extraordinarily bright and with a very intense reddish-brownish color with orange shades.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01-02/2019)

Specimen size: 9 × 5 × 3 cm = 3.54” × 1.97” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”




Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
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Vanadinite with Mottramite
Vanadinite with Mottramite. Vanadinite with Mottramite.
 

EP27AE1: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2012. Aggregate of tabular Vanadinite crystals with polycrystalline growths on the pinacoidal faces and very well defined pyramidal faces. They are bright, have a very vivid and uniform color and are implanted on a sandstone matrix partially coated by black Mottramite microcrystals. The Mottramite, a novelty for the Mibladen area, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.2 × 5 cm = 3.94” × 2.44” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”




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Vanadinite
 

GF36Q1: Very aerial group of doubly terminated crystals of good size, with parallel growths and deep color with orange-brown reflections.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1980)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

Former collection of Pedro Goy. Number 269



Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Top
Top
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Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
Vanadinite.

Recorded under neon light
 

LX69AK2: Druse of thick tabular crystals with well defined pyramidal faces, some of them with parallel polycrystalline growths that form palisades with aesthetic twists. The extraordinarily lustrous crystals are a very bright and uniform red-magenta color, lighter and matte in the back. The specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 659), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 1.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



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Cerussite

Recorded under neon light
 

EPP86AP6: Hexagonal cyclic Cerussite twins with two distinct growth phases, the first with darker tones, and later bordered by translucent crystal forms, with cream tones.
Different from what is usually found in Mibladen.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.94”

Very fluorescent long & short UV



Cerussite.
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Cerussite
Cerussite. Front
Front
Cerussite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

ELQ17AP6: Parallel growths of twinned Cerussite crystals formed in two phases, the first with equant crystals of a yellowish color and the second with very sharp crystals of flattened habit, translucent, lustrous satiny white.
Different from what is usually found in Mibladen.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.06”

Very fluorescent long & short UV



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BOU NAHAS MINE

Baryte

Baryte with Pyrite
 

EG46AA0: A novelty from the 2014 Ste. Marie Show. Parallel growth of elongated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright, with a brownish-yellow color and with darker selective micro-inclusions on some of the faces. On a Pyrite matrix.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.93” × 1.34” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1 cm = 1.30” × 0.39”




Baryte with Pyrite.
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Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz
Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz. Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz.
 

EB96AA0: A novelty from the 2014 Ste. Marie Show. Single crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright, with a brownish-yellow color and with darker selective micro-inclusions on some of the faces. On matrix, with Quartz and Pyrite.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.09” × 2.05” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.67”




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Baryte with Pyrite
 

EJ76AA0: A novelty from the 2014 Ste. Marie Show. Aggregate of crystals with a very unusual shape, tabular, very thick and with slight bulges on some of their faces. The crystals are complete, with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright, with a brownish-yellow color and with darker selective micro-inclusions on some of the faces. They are partially coated by deformed Pyrite crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.24” × 1.77” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.57” × 1.34”




Baryte with Pyrite.
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Baryte with Pyrite inclusions
Baryte with Pyrite inclusions. Front
Front
Baryte with Pyrite inclusions. Side
Side
Baryte with Pyrite inclusions. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Pyrite inclusions.

Recorded under neon light
 

NRT27AN9: Group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, transparent, with extraordinary luster and a uniform greenish color, and very rich in inclusions of small Pyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 878) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2019)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.52” × 1.54” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.75” × 0.39”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



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Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite

Recorded under neon light
 

MPR67AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of finely tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, lustrous, and blue with yellowish areas on the edges of the crystals, with small coatings of white Quartz and very shiny Pyrite microcrystals. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.60” × 1.26” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.77” × 0.71”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Side
Side
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Baryte
Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

EMA99AP4: Group of finely tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, lustrous, and have a nice blue color with yellowish areas on the edges of the crystal.
The specimen comes from some finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4 × 6.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.57” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite
 

EB98AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Floater aggregate of parallel growths of very sharp thin tabular Baryte crystals, transparent, bright and partially coated by white aggregates of Quartz microcrystals and small Pyrite crystals. The color deserves a separate comment because there is a mixture of reddish yellow, with orange in some areas but mainly concentrated on the edges, and blue locally with greenish hues on the wide main pinacoid faces.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2017)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.69” × 0.67”




Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
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Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
 

EA88AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Floater aggregate of parallel growths of very sharp thin tabular Baryte crystals, transparent, bright and partially coated by white aggregates of Quartz microcrystals and small Pyrite crystals. The color deserves a separate comment because there is a mixture of reddish yellow, with orange in some areas but mainly concentrated on the edges, and blue locally with greenish hues on the wide main pinacoid faces.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2017)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.5 × 1.1 cm = 2.64” × 1.38” × 0.43”




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Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

MMF87AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and intense blue with yellowish tones in some vertices. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.3 × 5.2 cm = 2.76” × 2.09” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 3.-9 × 3.5 cm = 1.18” × 1.38”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Side
Side
Baryte.
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Baryte
Baryte. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Baryte. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

MQF87AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of finely tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, lustrous and blue in color, with yellowish areas on the edges of the crystals. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.28” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.34”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite
 

ED88AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Very aerial group of very sharp thin tabular Baryte crystals, transparent, bright with an intense reddish-yellow color on a matrix of white crystallized Quartz with groups of very bright cubic Pyrite crystals, and partially coated by small white aggregates of Quartz microcrystals and Pyrite crystals. The sample is very esthetic and very well balanced. The color deserves a separate comment because there is a mixture of reddish yellow, with orange in some areas but mainly concentrated on the edges, and blue locally with greenish hues on the wide main pinacoid faces.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2017)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.5 × 4.9 cm = 2.87” × 1.38” × 1.93”




Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Side
Side
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Baryte (doubly terminated)
Baryte (doubly terminated). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Baryte (doubly terminated). Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

MME27AP6: Floater group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous and with an intense blue color with yellowish tones in some of the vertices.
The specimen comes from discoveries in the Bou Nahas mine made between August and September of 2022
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.1 × 3.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.40” × 1.26”




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Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite
 

EQ86AN1: Fine doubly terminated tabular crystal of Baryte, transparent, with bright luster and a pale blue color, on a Quartz matrix with small groups of Pyrite crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2018)

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 4.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 0.7 cm = 2.52” × 0.28”




Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite.
Order
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

MXB68AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and intense blue with yellowish tones in some vertices. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.1 × 3.4 cm = 3.23” × 2.01” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.50”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Baryte with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MQT68AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and intense blue with yellowish tones in some vertices. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4.9 × 3.5 cm = 3.31” × 1.93” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 0.94”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with Quartz. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz. Side
Side
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Baryte with Pyrite
Baryte with Pyrite. Baryte with Pyrite.
Baryte with Pyrite.
 

EB17AB7: Single crystals with a very unusual shape, tabular and with slight bulges on some of their faces. The crystals are complete, with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright, with a brownish-yellow color and with darker selective micro-inclusions on some of the faces. They are partially coated by deformed Pyrite crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.43” × 2.68” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 0.91”




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Baryte (doubly terminated)
 

MBF37AP6: Floater group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous and with an intense blue color with yellowish tones in some of the vertices.
The specimen comes from discoveries in the Bou Nahas mine made between August and September of 2022
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.4 × 2.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.91” × 0.94”




Baryte (doubly terminated). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Baryte (doubly terminated). Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Order
Baryte with Pyrite
Baryte with Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Pyrite. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

MTV69AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and intense blue with yellowish tones in some vertices. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.4 × 5.4 cm = 3.50” × 2.13” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 3.5 cm = 1.81” × 1.38”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite
 

EJ89AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Floater aggregate of parallel growths of very sharp thin tabular Baryte crystals, transparent, bright and partially coated by white aggregates of Quartz microcrystals and small Pyrite crystals. The color needs a separate comment because there is a mixture of reddish yellow, with orange in some areas but mainly concentrated on the edges, and blue, locally with greenish hues on the wide main pinacoid faces.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2017)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.62” × 2.64” × 1.61”




Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Side
Side
Order
Baryte with Chalcopyrite
Baryte with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

MTF90AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and intense blue with yellowish tones in some vertices. With small Chalcopyrite crystals scattered throughout the Barite.
The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas Mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7 × 4.2 cm = 3.86” × 2.76” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 5 cm = 2.48” × 1.97”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite

Recorded under neon light
 

MBC49AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of finely tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, lustrous, and blue with yellowish areas on the edges of the crystals, with small coatings of white Quartz and very shiny Pyrite microcrystals. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 9.1 × 5.9 cm = 3.98” × 3.58” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 4.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.93”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Order
Baryte
Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

TEX14AO5: Parallel growths of large profiled tabular Baryte crystals, with very well defined faces and edges; translucent, very lustrous and with a marked geometric zoning. Overall very aesthetic.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 10.8 × 5.4 cm = 4.49” × 4.25” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 9 × 4.5 cm = 3.54” × 1.77”




Order
Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MLM69AP5: Group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals, transparent, lustrous, and colored blue with yellowish areas at the edges of the crystals. Associated with growths of Pyrite and small Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from some finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 6.8 × 5.1 cm = 4.57” × 2.68” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.05” × 1.77”




Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz. Front
Front
Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz.
Order
Baryte with Marcasite
Baryte with Marcasite. Baryte with Marcasite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MGH1AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of finely tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, lustrous, and blue in color with yellowish areas on the edges of the crystals, on a matrix of very sharp and brilliant Marcasite with the well-known “cockscomb” habit. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 168/2022, page 25
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2022)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 10.8 × 8.8 cm = 4.88” × 4.25” × 3.46”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 5 cm = 2.52” × 1.97”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Order
Baryte with Marcasite

Recorded under neon light
 

MMA51AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of finely tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, lustrous, and blue in color with yellowish areas on the edges of the crystals, on a matrix of very sharp and brilliant Marcasite with the well-known “cockscomb” habit. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 14 × 7 × 4.4 cm = 5.51” × 2.76” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.34”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with Marcasite. Baryte with Marcasite.
Order
Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Marcasite
Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Marcasite. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Marcasite. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Marcasite. Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Marcasite.
 

EC27AL9: Book-like aggregates of lamellar Baryte crystals on matrix, with Quartz crystals and partial coatings of small, very bright crystals of Pyrite and Marcasite. The back of the matrix shows missing crystal casts, probably an earlier generation of Baryte crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 9.9 × 6.4 cm = 5.71” × 3.90” × 2.52”




Order
Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

ERB93AP3: Group of finely tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, lustrous and pale blue with yellowish areas on the edges of the crystals, on matrix, with small Pyrite and Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September of 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 12.4 × 8.9 cm = 5.71” × 4.88” × 3.50”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 4 cm = 2.28” × 1.57”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz. Front
Front
Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz. Top
Top
Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Pyrite and Quartz.
Order
Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Galena
Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Galena. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Galena. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Quartz, Pyrite and Galena.

Recorded under neon light
 

MFB94AP5: Tabular and very sharp crystals of Baryte, transparent, lustrous blue, on a matrix of white Quartz crystals, with small crystals of Pyrite and Galena. Sculptural.
The specimen comes from some finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 20.6 × 10.7 × 8.8 cm = 8.11” × 4.21” × 3.46”

Main crystal size: 7.7 × 6.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.44”




Order
Baryte with Chalcopyrite

Recorded under neon light
 

EFB74AP3: Book-like aggregates of very lustrous, finely tabular Baryte crystals, between transparent and translucent, and pale yellow in color with geometric color zoning, associated with small Chalcopyrite crystals. The specimen is from recent finds at Bou Nahas in 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 21.4 × 14.9 × 9.8 cm = 8.43” × 5.87” × 3.86”




Baryte with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Baryte with Chalcopyrite. Side
Side
Baryte with Chalcopyrite. Baryte with Chalcopyrite.
Order
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte. Front
Front
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

MMA11AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White tabular crystals of Baryte partially covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.34” × 0.98”




Order
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MCX96AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. Polycrystalline growth of a mosaic of perimorphic Pyrite crystals with bright luster, on a tabular Baryte crystal, on a matrix of white Quartz crystals partially covered by Pyrite.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.99” × 2.52” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.18”




Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte with Quartz. Front
Front
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte with Quartz. Side
Side
Order
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte. Front
Front
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

MLM28AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6 × 6.3 cm = 3.58” × 2.36” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.50”




Order
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

MJK68AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm = 4.80” × 2.95” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.38”




Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte. Front
Front
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte. Rear
Rear
Pyrite perimorphic of Baryte.
Order

Other Species

Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
Copper.
 

EP76AM5: Arborescent growth of Copper crystals with the dominant forms of the cube and the octahedron, shiny and with a very aesthetic arrangement.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.13” × 2.09” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”




Order
Pyrite
 

EV8AL0: Three-dimensional floater group of cubo-octahedral Pyrite crystals, lustrous, with very well defined faces and edges, growing as markedly parallel aggregates. An elegant miniature.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.63” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”


minID: 845-L64



Pyrite.
Order
Pyrite with Baryte
Pyrite with Baryte. Pyrite with Baryte.

Recorded under neon light
 

EFT60AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.02” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




Order
Pyrite with Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

EXP16AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.64” × 2.52” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




Pyrite with Baryte. Pyrite with Baryte.
Order
Pyrite with Quartz
Pyrite with Quartz. Front
Front
Pyrite with Quartz. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

MLH13AN8: Polycrystalline growth of Pyrite crystals with cubic habit, very lustrous and with partial coatings of small white Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.22” × 1.10” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.14” × 1.06”




Order
Pyrite
 

EA13AM1: Very aerial aggregate of cubic Pyrite crystals with distinct polycrystalline growths, brilliant, and with curved faces and edges. Partially covered by small white Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.13” × 2.05” × 1.10”




Pyrite. Front
Front
Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Order
Pyrite with Quartz
Pyrite with Quartz. Front
Front
Pyrite with Quartz. Side
Side
Pyrite with Quartz.
 

ET47AM0: Very aerial group of cubic Pyrite crystals with staggered stepped faces. With brilliant luster and on a matrix of small Quartz and Calcite crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.3 × 5.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.48” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”




Order

OUMJRANE - EL FECHT AREA

Malachite
 

TM66AN0: Druse of elongated primary Malachite crystals (not pseudomorphs), some of them doubly terminated, with good terminations, on matrix.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”




Malachite. Malachite.
Order
Azurite with Malachite xx
Azurite with Malachite xx. Azurite with Malachite xx.
 

MX67AI5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of crystals that have a flattened shape, are very bright with a deep color and partially coated by small equant primary Malachite crystals.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 47 of the 2019/01 edition.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2018)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 1.10”




Order
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
 

EY29AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 4.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”




Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
Order
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
 

EX51AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.89” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”




Order
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
 

ED99AE6: An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are very bright with a vivid color that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue.” With the Azurite there are small white Baryte crystals and Malachite clusters. The sample is from an indeterminate place in the Oumjrane area, possibly from one of the old works of this zone. These crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.26” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”




Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
Order
Azurite with Quartz
Azurite with Quartz. Azurite with Quartz.
 

E76ZI7: Groups of short prismatic crystals. They are very bright and have an exceptional color that enhances the contrast with the matrix of white Quartz. Oumjrane (or Oumjerane) is less well known than Touissit and it produced few very interesting specimens.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1996)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.5 × 6.6 cm = 3.39” × 2.56” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”




Order
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
 

ER90AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.6 × 5.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.60” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”




Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Top
Top
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
Order

IMITER DISTRICT

Imiter Mine

Acanthite
Acanthite.
 

MN56K9: Well defined octahedron of Acanthite pseudomorph after Argentite, with two small Acanthite crystals in parallel growth.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.83” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”




Order
Acanthite
 

EC63G1: The crystals of this group are pseudo-octahedral and very aerial and they have an excellent definition and an especially esthetic disposition.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.59”




Acanthite.
Order
Acanthite with Pyrite and Calcite
Acanthite with Pyrite and Calcite.
 

EF89L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before. On the back side of the sample one can see small Pyrite and Calcite crystals.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.57” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”




Order
Proustite with Silver, Acanthite and Quartz
 

EG91AM1: Very sharp, transparent, brilliant Proustite crystals with an intense and vivid color that partially cover hooked Silver wires. On matrix, with white Quartz crystals and small but very sharp octahedral crystals of Acanthite. In Imiter, it is very rare to find free-standing specimens in a vug like this one, which also has the unusual detail of the Silver wire coated with red Proustite crystals.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 of the 2020/02 edition.

Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2019)

Specimen size: 17.3 × 8.5 × 6.7 cm = 6.81” × 3.35” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”




Proustite with Silver, Acanthite and Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Proustite with Silver, Acanthite and Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Order

Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
 

EV87AL6: Lamellar and hackly growths of Silver with good luster, on a Calcite matrix, with aggregates of deformed Acanthite crystals, of grayish tones and shiny. The Calcite is fluorescent under both longwave and shortwave UV light.
Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 4.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.16”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Fluorite with Baryte
 

TM49AN2: Cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron forms with a rough appearance due to fine polycrystalline growths. Translucent, with a very deep color, on a matrix of Baryte crystals.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 99
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.8 × 7.3 cm = 3.43” × 3.07” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.02”




Fluorite with Baryte. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte. Side
Side
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Order
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
 

TJ49AN2: Cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron forms with a rough appearance due to fine polycrystalline growths. Translucent, with a very deep color, on a matrix of Baryte crystals.
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.4 × 5.1 cm = 3.43” × 3.31” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02”




Order
Quartz
 

ET66AM0: Druse of Quartz crystals with hardly any prism faces, shiny, with a very intense hematoidal red color and geometric color zoning (with colorless and transparent edges) and partially covered by a second generation of Quartz microcrystals of a lighter color, all of which completely covers crystals of a very intense amethyst color, which was what was previously being found in this area.
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 4.8 × 6.8 cm = 5.31” × 1.89” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”




Quartz. Quartz.
Quartz.
Order

BOU AZZER AREA

Aït Ahmane Mine

Silver with Calcite and Löllingite
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Top
Top
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite.
 

TX17AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified, and small crystals of Löllingite (analyzed)
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.47” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite
 

TF28AN2: Dendritic aggregates and isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On a rock matrix with small crystals of Löllingite, and with Calcite, which has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Silver with Calcite and Löllingite.
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Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.
 

TE67AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.83” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



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Silver with Calcite and Löllingite
 

TF97AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified, and small crystals of Löllingite.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.34” × 0.75” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite.
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Silver with Calcite and Löllingite
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Side
Side
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite.
 

TP51AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals cubics and cuboctahedral with well defined faces and edges, bright and partially coated by Löllingite (analyzed). On a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



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Silver with Löllingite and Calcite
 

TGB90AN4: New discovery post-Easter 2021: Isolated cubic Silver crystals and groups, with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges, found on a rock matrix with Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.10” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Silver with Löllingite and Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Löllingite and Calcite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Löllingite and Calcite.
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Silver with Silver (variety amalgamate), Löllingite and Calcite
Silver with Silver (variety amalgamate), Löllingite and Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Silver (variety amalgamate), Löllingite and Calcite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Silver (variety amalgamate), Löllingite and Calcite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Silver (variety amalgamate), Löllingite and Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TCX89AO0: Very aerial growth of a first generation of cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, and a second generation that partially covers the crystals of the first with small, poorly defined, yellowish growths with rougher surfaces, also Silver, but a variety rich in mercury. This association sits on an epigenetic growth of Löllingite on an acid-etched Calcite matrix. All the components of the specimen have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 101
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.61” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




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Silver with Löllingite and Calcite
 

TF2AN2: Dendritic aggregates and isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On matrix, with small crystals of Löllingite and Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”




Silver with Löllingite and Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Löllingite and Calcite. Detail
Detail
Silver with Löllingite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
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Silver with Gypsum and Calcite
Silver with Gypsum and Calcite. Silver with Gypsum and Calcite.
Silver with Gypsum and Calcite.
 

TJ90AN2: Isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On matrix, with Gypsum and Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.46” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



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Proustite with Calcite
 

TP90AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Groups of elongated prismatic Proustite crystals with excellent acute terminations, transparent, very bright with an extraordinary ruby-red color. On a Calcite matrix.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.42” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV



Proustite with Calcite. Proustite with Calcite.
Proustite with Calcite.
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Proustite with Calcite
Proustite with Calcite. Proustite with Calcite.
 

TX66AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Groups of Proustite crystals with an elongated prismatic shape, with parallel growths and excellent pyramidal terminations. The crystals, transparent and very bright, have an extraordinary ruby-red color. On a matrix with lenticular Calcite crystals.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.95” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”




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Proustite with Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

TY39AK3: Groups of Proustite crystals of elongated prismatic habit, with excellent terminations, some of them polycrystalline, in Calcite matrix. These high quality crystals are transparent, brilliant, and with an extraordinary ruby red color with mauve tones, very characteristic of this find.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.8 × 5.7 cm = 4.61” × 3.46” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.16”

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV



Proustite with Calcite. Proustite with Calcite.
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Gersdorffite
Gersdorffite. Gersdorffite.
 

AB37AL3: Group of very sharp octahedral Gersdorffite crystals of good size, with polycrystalline growths on the surfaces of the faces.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2010)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.26” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.63”


minID: AQX-MUW



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Sphalerite with Quartz
 

MV6AJ0: A novelty at Munich 2018. This is one of the first mentions of Sphalerite as a collectible species at Aït Ahmane. It is a druse of not so well defined complex but translucent and bright crystals with a very deep honey color. They are with small Quartz crystals.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2018)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.80” × 1.89” × 1.34”




Sphalerite with Quartz. Front
Front
Sphalerite with Quartz. Light behind
Light behind
Sphalerite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
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Quartz
Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

EP87AI7: A novelty at Munich 2018. Group of colorless Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with diffuse phantom growths, abundant geometric growth figures and extraordinarily bright. A beautiful surprise from a very recent find in the Aït Ahmane area of Morocco.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 4.76” × 1.89” × 1.50”




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Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

TFM11AO6: Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 3.1  cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 1.22”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Side
Side
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Calcite with Chalcopyrite
Calcite with Chalcopyrite. Calcite with Chalcopyrite.
 

MD36AI5: A novelty at Munich 2018. Scalenohedral crystal with rhombohedral terminal faces and very well defined polycrystalline growths. It is translucent, white, has slightly pink reflections and it is on a matrix of more Calcite. It shows an intense red fluorescence under long wave light and very intense red under short wave light.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 4.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.71”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV



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Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

TBR26AO6: Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.18”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Side
Side
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Calcite
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

TCD96AO6: Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.73” × 1.26”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

TBF96AO6: Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.19” × 2.91” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.44” × 1.02”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite. Calcite.
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Calcite with Chalcopyrite
Calcite with Chalcopyrite. Calcite with Chalcopyrite.
 

MC86AI5: A novelty at Munich 2018. Group of scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral terminal faces and very well defined polycrystalline growths. They are translucent, white, have slightly pink reflections and are on a matrix of more Calcite. It shows an intense red fluorescence under long wave light and very intense red under short wave light.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.9 × 5.3 cm = 3.27” × 2.72” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 0.79”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV



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Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth
 

TC88AF7: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Parallel growth of very flattened and bright crystals. These samples were mined carefully over seven months in the Aït Ahmane area (it seems not in the same shafts that produced the famous Gersdorffites) and, due the sharpness of the crystals and their size, this find will contend for being the world's best for the species. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of the analysis that indicates an intimate intergrowth of Djurleite and Chalcocite.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.79” × 0.24”




Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth.
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Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Front
Front
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Top
Top
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth.
 

TR66AE8: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Aggregate on matrix of bright laminar crystals with pseudohexagonal contour. The analysis indicates an intimate intergrowth of Djurleite and Chalcocite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.91” × 0.79”




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Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth

Recorded under neon light
 

TV86AF7: A novelty at Tucson 2017. A cluster, on matrix, of very sharp and flattened crystals with a pseudohexagonal contour. These samples were mined carefully over seven months in the Aït Ahmane area (it seems that not in the same shafts that produced the famous Gersdorffites) and, due the sharpness of the crystals and their size, this find will highlight between the world's best for the species. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of the analysis that indicates an intimate intergrowth of Djurleite and Chalcocite.
This sample has been referenced and figurate, as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2017, in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral" (Num. 136. 2017; page 47)
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4 × 1.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.57” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67”




Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth.
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Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth.
 

TV99AE8: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Aggregate on matrix of bright laminar crystals with pseudohexagonal contour. The analysis indicates an intimate intergrowth of Djurleite and Chalcocite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 46, April 14, 2017 edition.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.57” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.47”




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Aragonite

Recorded under neon light
 

EXM26AP0: Centered group of very elongated Aragonite crystals, with good terminations, translucent, with a satiny luster and a uniform yellowish color.
The specimen has been analyzed, resulting in Aragonite with slight traces of iron, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.09” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 5 × 0.6 cm = 1.97” × 0.24”

With analysis copy

Fluorescent long & short UV



Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Rear
Rear
Order
Aragonite
Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

EYB26AP0: Centered group of very elongated Aragonite crystals, with good terminations, translucent, with a satiny luster and a uniform greenish color. With Quartz and small green inclusions at the base.
The specimen has been analyzed, resulting in Aragonite with slight traces of iron, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.91” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 0.6 cm = 2.48” × 0.24”

With analysis copy

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Aragonite

Recorded under neon light
 

EXM46AP0: Centered group of very elongated Aragonite crystals, with good terminations, translucent, with a satiny luster and a uniform greenish color. With Quartz and small green inclusions at the base.
The specimen has been analyzed, resulting in Aragonite with slight traces of iron, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 3.03” × 1.54” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 1.1 cm = 2.91” × 0.43”

With analysis copy

Fluorescent long & short UV



Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Rear
Rear
Order
Aragonite
Aragonite. Aragonite.

Recorded under neon light
 

ETF46AP0: Centered groups of very elongated Aragonite crystals, with good terminations, translucent, with a satiny luster and a uniform yellowish color.
The specimen has been analyzed, resulting in Aragonite with slight traces of iron, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.7 × 5.9 cm = 4.57” × 3.82” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 0.6 cm = 2.20” × 0.24”

With analysis copy

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Agoudal Mines

Erythrite with Quartz on Skutterudite

Recorded under neon light
 

MFH1AP2: Obtained in Munich 2022.
From a September 2022 find. Centered growths of Erythrite crystals, translucent, with a very intense luster and color and with small crystals of a second Erythrite generation, fibrous and paler in color, located at their ends, in a Skutterudite matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2022)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.14” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.20”




Erythrite with Quartz on Skutterudite. Front
Front
Erythrite with Quartz on Skutterudite. Rear
Rear
Erythrite with Quartz on Skutterudite.
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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).

Recorded under neon light
 

ETF37AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of transparent rhombohedral Calcite crystals, very lustrous, on matrix and with excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made in this mine at the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.28” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

Minor fluorescence short UV



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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Recorded under neon light
 

EXF67AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). A very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made at this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.8 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.28” × 1.93”




Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).
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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).

Recorded under neon light
 

EXY98AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.72” × 2.24”

Minor fluorescence short UV



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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Recorded under neon light
 

EJR67AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Druse with scalenohedral Calcite crystals with very well defined crystal forms, transparent and very lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds made at this mine in the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.4 × 5.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.91” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).
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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).
 

EY63Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013 (because of the scalenohedral crystals). Druse, on matrix, of very acute scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral terminations. They are between transparent and translucent and have a color between deep pink and mauve, with a second generation of crystals with the same morphology, but with orange shades.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.2 × 4.5 cm = 3.11” × 2.83” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV



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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite) with Calcite and Pyrite
 

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.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2012)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.5 × 3.3 cm = 3.15” × 2.95” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV



Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite) with Calcite and Pyrite. Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite) with Calcite and Pyrite.
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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Front
Front
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Side
Side
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).

Recorded under neon light
 

EBR67AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Calcite crystals forming polycrystalline growths with very well defined rhombohedral faces and excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made in this mine at the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.2 × 4.8 cm = 3.23” × 1.65” × 1.89”




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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Recorded under neon light
 

ETF49AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.7 × 5.1 cm = 3.62” × 3.03” × 2.01”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).
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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).

Recorded under neon light
 

EXL67AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 10 × 4.1 × 4 cm = 3.94” × 1.61” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”




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Roselite with Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

EPR66AO1: Group of Roselite crystals larger than usual with very well defined faces and edges and marked curvatures. With an intense deep color and very good luster. On matrix, with Calcite.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm = 1.93” × 1.61” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




Roselite with Calcite. Roselite with Calcite.
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Bou Azzer District

Erythrite
Erythrite. Erythrite.
 

E84LA5: The small pink rosettes associated with the main crystals are a second generation of Erythrite.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2000)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 5 cm = 1.77” × 1.97”




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Erythrite with Calcite
 

GQ13AK2: Very sharp Erythrite crystal, with distinct parallel growths, very bright and uniform color and implanted on matrix, with small crystals of Calcite. The specimen is from the Casado Margolles collection (reg. V37), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2005)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.46” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

Former collection of Casado Margolles



Erythrite with Calcite. Erythrite with Calcite.
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Erythrite on Skutterudite
Erythrite on Skutterudite. Erythrite on Skutterudite.
Erythrite on Skutterudite. Erythrite on Skutterudite.
 

ER73AK1: Very sharp and large crystals of Erythrite with fine parallel growths, bright and with a very dense and deep color. On a matrix of massive Skutterudite in which another species with salmon-pink crystals also appears and which we believe may be Talmessite. This specimen is a Moroccan classic with great quality and a very peculiar appearance.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2019)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.64” × 2.64” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.67” × 0.43”




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Erythrite with Skutterudite
 

M24LA7: Large crystals of this lustrous Erythrite on Skutterudite matrix.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2000)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 1.5 cm = 0.59”




Erythrite with Skutterudite.
Erythrite with Skutterudite.
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Erythrite with Roselite
Erythrite with Roselite. Erythrite with Roselite.

Recorded under neon light
Erythrite with Roselite
 

TLA96AP7: Erythrite crystals on matrix, very sharp, with an intense color and luster, and with Roselite, an unusual association.
This specimen is from the collection of Jean Béhier and comes from the first finds of the species in Morocco, as attested by old accompanying labels which we will send to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1939)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 2.83” × 2.48” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

Former collection of Jean Béhier



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Gold with Quartz, Malachite and Chrysocolla
 

EG10AL5: Hook-shaped and lamellar growths of Gold (variety electrum), very elongated, doubly terminated, on matrix, with Quartz, botryoidal Malachite aggregates and lighter green Chrysocolla aggregates. These Golds are a curiosity and a rarity in collections since only a few specimens were found and for only a few months.
Bleida Far West Mine, Tinzouline, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017-2018)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”


minID: G82-E05



Gold with Quartz, Malachite and Chrysocolla. Front
Front
Gold with Quartz, Malachite and Chrysocolla. Side
Side
Gold with Quartz, Malachite and Chrysocolla.
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Bouismas Mine

Skutterudite with Calcite
Skutterudite with Calcite. Front
Front
Skutterudite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Skutterudite with Calcite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MBD37AO3: Stalactitic growth of a group of cubo-octahedral Skutterudite crystals with very sharp and lustrous crystal forms. The group, very aerial on its matrix is a Moroccan classic.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



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Allargentum after Dyscrasite with Sphalerite, Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite on Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

MBH91AP5: Arborescent growth of Allargentum pseudomorphs after Dyscrasite crystals with easily visible Dyscrasite crystal forms. It sits on a Calcite matrix, with Sphalerite and small black crystals of Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite.
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.42” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.24”

With analysis copy

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Allargentum after Dyscrasite with Sphalerite, Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite on Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum after Dyscrasite with Sphalerite, Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite on Calcite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum after Dyscrasite with Sphalerite, Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite on Calcite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
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Allargentum after Dyscrasite on Calcite
Allargentum after Dyscrasite on Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum after Dyscrasite on Calcite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum after Dyscrasite on Calcite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TLM74AP5: Arborescent growth of Allargentum pseudomorphs after Dyscrasite crystals, with the Dyscrasite crystal forms cleary visible, on a Calcite matrix.
This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 3.07” × 1.61” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”

With analysis copy

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



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Allargentum on Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

MHE96AP5: Elongated parallel growths of very large and spectacular Allargentum crystals with mechanical curvatures, with brilliant luster, on a Calcite matrix.
This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 12 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 4.72” × 2.24” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.43”

With analysis copy

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Allargentum on Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum on Calcite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum on Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum on Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Allargentum on Calcite
Allargentum on Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum on Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Allargentum on Calcite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MLM47AP5: Elongated parallel growths of very large and spectacular Allargentum crystals with mechanical curvatures, with brilliant luster, on a Calcite matrix.
This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 8.8 × 5.1 cm = 5.28” × 3.46” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1 cm = 1.65” × 0.39”

With analysis copy

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



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Silver with Safflorite and Löllingite

Recorded under neon light
 

TFH94AP5: Very aerial arborescent growth of Silver, with good luster and sharp crystal forms, associated with small crystals of Safflorite with blackish tones and Löllingite, on a matrix of Calcite. Very elegant and of great quality. This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

With analysis copy

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Silver with Safflorite and Löllingite. Front
Front
Silver with Safflorite and Löllingite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Safflorite and Löllingite. Silver with Safflorite and Löllingite.
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Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MXB88AP6: Arborescent and parallel growths of cubic Silver crystals, very sharp and lustrous and very aerial on their Calcite matrix.
A very aesthetic and high quality miniature from a find made in July of 2022.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



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Silver with Actinolite
 

EB89Y2: From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this case it is an aggregate of thick and elongated Silver crystals with very well defined faces and edges that are on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”




Silver with Actinolite. Silver with Actinolite.
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Silver with Actinolite
Silver with Actinolite. Silver with Actinolite.
 

ED51Y2: From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this case with an aggregate of thick and elongated Silver crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #35, August 14, 2013 edition.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”




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Baryte with Calcite
 

MZ56AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Aggregate of Baryte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very intense yellow color, very bright and with very well defined faces and edges. On a matrix with Calcite crystals.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.42” × 0.79” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”




Baryte with Calcite. Baryte with Calcite.
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Baryte with Calcite
Baryte with Calcite. Baryte with Calcite.
 

MX57AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Aggregate of very sharp Baryte crystals with a very deep and intense toasted honey color, extraordinarily bright and on a matrix with calcite crystals.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 2.83” × 1.18” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”




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Oumlil Mine

Anorthoroselite with Calcite
 

MG26AL4: Coating of lenticular Anorthoroselite crystals, transparent, of a very deep red color with distinct mauve tones and on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2016)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.85” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

minID: YFJ-9LF



Anorthoroselite with Calcite. Anorthoroselite with Calcite.
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Scorodite
Scorodite. Scorodite.
 

MA96AG4: Very sharp Scorodite crystals, transparent, with a very intense vitreous luster, a very uniform olive green color and on matrix. The sample is from a very recent find at the Oumlil mine.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2017)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 2.56” × 2.56” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”




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TOUISSIT

The Touissit mining area is currently closed and the old shafts are flooded with water.
It is quite possible that no more quality samples from this mine will be produced in the future.

Galena with Cerussite, Wulfenite and Dolomite

Recorded under neon light
 

EFR90AP3: The specimen brings together a selection of Touissit mineralogy: with a base of octahedral crystals of altered Galena on a druse of pale pink rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, translucent and very sharp Cerussite twins, and transparent and yellow crystals of Wulfenite. Different from the specimens usually known from Touissit.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.87” × 1.89” × 1.73”

Cerussite minor fluorescence long & short UV



Galena with Cerussite, Wulfenite and Dolomite. Front
Front
Galena with Cerussite, Wulfenite and Dolomite.
Galena with Cerussite, Wulfenite and Dolomite.
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Cerussite with Galena and Dolomite
Cerussite with Galena and Dolomite. Front
Front
Cerussite with Galena and Dolomite. Side
Side
Cerussite with Galena and Dolomite.
 

DF86AM1: Twinned crystals with a prismatic habit, with very well defined faces and edges and excellent terminations. They are translucent, shiny, and on Galena and Dolomite matrix. A fine miniature.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.24”

Former collection of Lluís Daunis



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Twinned Cerussite with Galena
Twinned Cerussite with Galena  

JM37AF3: Very sharp twinned crystals, between transparent and translucent, with whitish phantom growths, very bright, with a golden brown color and small Galena inclusions. The tip of the main twin, is slightly rough but free of damage. The termination of one of the secondary crystals is fractured.
The sample is from the James Catmur collection (number B120/A23AC) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (± 1993)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.98” × 0.59”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Twinned Cerussite with Galena. Front
Front
Twinned Cerussite with Galena. Rear
Rear
Twinned Cerussite with Galena.
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Anglesite with Galena
Anglesite with Galena. Front
Front
Anglesite with Galena. Rear
Rear
 

LQ88AE6: Pair of short blocky crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, with very well defined dipyramidal terminations. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have an intense lemon-yellow color, are very bright and they are on a Galena matrix.
The sample is from the Carles Millán collection whose catalog card we’ll send to the buyer.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±2001)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.57” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.10”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Carles Millan



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Anglesite with Galena
 

TP70AE1: Aggregate of crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated. The crystals, with very well defined parallel growths, have very sharp terminal faces, a pale yellow color, are translucent and very bright and are on a granular Galena matrix. An excellent Moroccan classic due to the perfection and definition of the crystals.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1979)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.09” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.01” × 0.98”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV



Anglesite with Galena. Front
Front
Anglesite with Galena. Rear
Rear
Anglesite with Galena. Side
Side
Anglesite with Galena. Top
Top
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Anglesite with Galena
Anglesite with Galena. Front
Front
Anglesite with Galena. Side
Side
Anglesite with Galena. Side
Side
Anglesite with Galena. Detail
Detail
 

N54NAL5: Very sharp Anglesite crystals, rich in faces, between transparent and translucent, lemon yellow and on a massive Galena matrix. A Moroccan classic.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 7.9 × 7.2 cm = 4.88” × 3.11” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite  

EK89AL3: Doubly terminated Azurite crystal, very sharp, with parallel growths, bright color, and crystals of primary Malachite.
The specimen comes from the Christian Mondeilh collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1981)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.24” × 0.91” × 0.63”

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh

minID: FN1-68A



Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear
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Doubly terminated Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite
Doubly terminated Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Doubly terminated Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Doubly terminated Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite  

NJ89AM5: Doubly terminated crystal of Azurite, very sharp and with well defined crystal forms. With coatings of Malachite, on a matrix with coatings of pinkish rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. The specimen, a Moroccan classic, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number AZU-10), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.36” × 1.77” × 1.18”

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar



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Azurite with Malachite after Azurite
 

TT66AM8: Group of very aerial Azurite crystals, rich in polycrystalline growths, with good terminations, with a very deep color and totally or partially pseudomorphed by Malachite in some areas of the specimen.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.87” × 1.85” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.02”




Azurite  with Malachite after Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite  with Malachite after Azurite. Rear
Rear
Azurite  with Malachite after Azurite. Side
Side
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Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite
Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite. Side
Side
Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite.
 

PG94AL5: Parallel growths of Azurite crystals with good terminations, with good luster, deep color, on matrix, with botryoidal growths of Malachite.
This piece comes from the Rodolfo Pigrau collection, whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.8 × 3.5 cm = 4.09” × 3.07” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 1.5 cm = 2.17” × 0.59”

Former collection of Rodolfo Pigrau

minID: LQ6-54E



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Malachite after Azurite with Azurite
 

LP28AK4: Very aerial aggregate of profiled crystals of Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite, plus with very bright blue Azurite crystals. The sample is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 858), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 1.65” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.20”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Malachite after Azurite with Azurite. Malachite after Azurite with Azurite.
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Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite. Front
Front
Malachite after Azurite. Side
Side
Malachite after Azurite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Malachite after Azurite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TA87AK4: Polycrystalline growth of an Azurite crystal completely pseudomorphed by Malachite with satin luster and very deep and uniform color. The crystal sits extraordinarily well implanted on the matrix in which there are also more Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite crystals. The specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 144), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1981)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5 × 5.8 cm = 2.83” × 1.97” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.5 cm = 2.36” × 0.98”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



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Wulfenite with Dolomite
 

ME27AA9: Very sharp laminar Wulfenite crystals, translucent, bright, with an intense yellow color and on a Dolomite matrix. Great classic, from a historic mine.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

Former collection Caroline Martaud (Wulfenites)



Wulfenite with Dolomite. Wulfenite with Dolomite.
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Wulfenite with Dolomite
Wulfenite with Dolomite. Front
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Wulfenite with Dolomite. Side
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Wulfenite with Dolomite.
 

A29KAG3: Groups of very sharp laminar Wulfenite crystals, clearly hemihedral, transparent, very bright, with an intense yellow color and on a Dolomite matrix. A Moroccan classic of the eighties.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/1996)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 9 × 3.9 cm = 4.61” × 3.54” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”




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Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) with Mottramite

Recorded under neon light
 

ERC27AN5: Druse, on matrix, of slightly arsenical elongated Vanadinite crystals with curvatures, many of them doubly terminated, lustrous and of a lighter color than usual in this type of specimen, with black Mottramite coatings. The Mottramite was analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The piece comes from Touissit's past, and has a very high quality even compared to other specimens from those glorious times.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.50” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.59”




Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) with Mottramite.
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Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) with Mottramite
Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) with Mottramite. Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) with Mottramite.
 

MZ47AF2: Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges, a creamy color, clearer and brighter than usual with this kind of Vanadinite, and on a Dolomite matrix. Associated on the matrix are small black Mottramite crystals. These arsenian Vanadinite are currently accepted as a Moroccan classic.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.95” × 2.40” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”




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Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite)
 

TG69AL3: Aggregate of very elongated elongated crystals, with two generations of growth, the first having very elongated white crystals, with slight curvatures on the faces and edges, and a second, with reddish orange tints. A classic salvaged from Touissit‘s glorious era.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 11.1 × 10.9 × 5.6 cm = 4.37” × 4.29” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.30” × 0.24”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo

minID: XVH-2VL



Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite). Front
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Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite). Side
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Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite).
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BOU BEKKER

Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite
Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite. Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite.
 

EK27AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very distinct polycrystalline growths, good luster, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a pale pink color, and small white Calcite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zelidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Bekker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8 × 7.7 × 3.6 cm = 3.15” × 3.03” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”




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Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite
 

EV76AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very well marked polycrystalline growths, good luster, on matrix, covered by pale pink, rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zelidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Bekker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.1 × 5 cm = 3.35” × 1.61” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”




Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite. Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite.
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Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite. Sphalerite with Dolomite.
 

EF46AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Complex crystals of Sphalerite with equidimensional habit and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, on matrix, covered by pale pink, rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zelidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Bekker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.73” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”




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Sphalerite with Dolomite
 

ET16AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Complex crystals of Sphalerite with equidimensional habit and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, on matrix, covered by pale pink, rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zelidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Bekker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.5 × 5.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.77” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”




Sphalerite with Dolomite. Sphalerite with Dolomite.
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Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite. Sphalerite with Dolomite.

Recorded under neon light
 

EN96AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Groups of complex Sphalerite crystals with equant habit and sharply defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a pale pink color. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zelidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Bekker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.4 × 8 × 3.2 cm = 3.70” × 3.15” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”




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Azurite
 

EF12T6: Very aerial floater group of very elongated crystals with curvatures and twisters. Intense color, good luster and excellent quality for the locality.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 1.10” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.35”




Azurite.
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite.
 

EE63L9: Group of prismatic crystals with parallel growth and several recrystalizations, partially covered by Malachite. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 1.10”




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Azurite with Malachite
 

EM16T6: Group of short elongated crystals sharper than usual with many recrystallizations and small parallel growths. Deep blue color, intense luster, and in matrix with Malachite. Excellent quality for the locality.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.5 × 2.9 cm = 2.36” × 2.17” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”




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

TF89Z7: Aggregate of Azurite crystals that have an unusual morphology for the locality. They are blocky, very large and have a very good crystalline development. They are partially coated, and in some areas pseudomorphed, by Malachite. On the back on the sample there are vivid blue, roughly defined, Azurite crystals typical of Bou-Bekker, this fact proving its source.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6 × 4.5 cm = 3.07” × 2.36” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 3.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.46”




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OTHER LOCALITIES

Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
 

SM80TMB: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with what is known as a “mushroom habit”, translucent and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.47”




Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Rear
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Rear
Rear
 

SM140TJA: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with what is known as a “mushroom habit”, translucent and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 1.02” × 0.55”




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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom') with Quartz
 

TR97AN2: Growth, with a Quartz crystal, of fine Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom') with Quartz. Front
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom') with Quartz. Rear
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom') with Quartz
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom') with Quartz. Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom') with Quartz. Side
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SM140TQD: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Group of Elbaite crystals (variety rubellite) that form a “mushroom”-like aggregate. They are translucent and display an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.42” × 0.71” × 0.67”




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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
 

SM140TDY: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Group of Elbaite crystals (variety rubellite) that form a “mushroom”-like aggregate. They are translucent and display an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 0.79” × 0.55”




Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Side
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Rear
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Side
Side
 

TH47AN2: Growth of fine crystals of Elbaite (variety rubellite) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 102
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.10”

Minor fluorescence short UV



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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline

Recorded under neon light
 

EXL67AP3: Elbaite-Schorl series crystal with a complex termination in which rhombohedron forms predominate. It is between transparent and translucent, highly lustrous, dominated by an intense red-pink color, with yellowish areas, associated with two small white twinned Microcline crystals. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.71” × 0.59”

With analysis copy



Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Front
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Top
Top
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Rear
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

ERM47AP3: Parallel growth of two doubly terminated Elbaite-Schorl series crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent to translucent, with shiny luster and geometric color zoning dominated by an intense red-pink color, with paler tones in the termination area. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.63” × 0.55”

With analysis copy



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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Feldspar
 

EX69AM1: Elbaite crystal with sharp faces and edges and a flat pinacoid termination, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, with a dominant intense pink color and yellow tones in the heart of the crystal. On matrix, with Feldspar and Quartz crystals. The locality name differs from what has been given so far for similar specimens, and we do not know whether there are in fact two different localities or not.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (04/2020)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.30” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)



Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Feldspar. Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Feldspar.
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Feldspar
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Feldspar. Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Feldspar.
 

EF89AM1: Elbaite crystals with sharp faces and edges and a flat pinacoid termination, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a very intense pink color (rubellite variety), on matrix, with Feldspar and Quartz crystals. The locality name differs from what has been given so far for similar specimens, and we do not know whether there are in fact two different localities or not.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (04/2020)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.61” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Fluorescent short UV



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Vanadinite

Recorded under neon light
 

EGR87AP6: Groups of very fine acicular crystals of Vanadinite, with good luster and dominant yellowish brown tones, with golden reflections and geometric color zoning. From a relatively recent Moroccan locality for Vanadinite.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Tissaf, Missour, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.4 × 2.8 cm = 3.43” × 2.52” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.43” × 0.04”




Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
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Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide)
Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide). Front
Front
Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide). Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

MTB66AP3: Transparent cyclic twin of Aragonite, lustrous and colorless, with a little matrix of ignimbrite with Quartz crystals (hematoidal variety). The specimen comes from finds made in Mamsa in April 2022.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.46” × 0.59” × 0.55”




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Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide)

Recorded under neon light
 

MTR37AP3: Transparent cyclic twin of Aragonite, lustrous and colorless, in a little ignimbrite matrix with Quartz crystals (hematoidal variety). The specimen comes from finds made in Mamsa in April 2022.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.73” × 1.65” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.1 cm = 1.57” × 0.43”




Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide).
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Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide)
Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide).

Recorded under neon light
 

MXF96AP3: Transparent cyclic twin of Aragonite, lustrous and colorless, in a little ignimbrite matrix with Quartz crystals (hematoidal variety). The specimen comes from finds made in Mamsa in April 2022.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.18” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.55”




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Aragonite

Recorded under neon light
 

ETE46AP2: Elongated Aragonite crystals, most of them transparent and lustrous, radially arranged around a little rock matrix. Almost entirely colorless, but some of the crystals have a small yellowish coating on the terminations of the crystals.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.61” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”




Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Side
Side
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Aragonite
Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

EXE56AP2: Elongated Aragonite crystals, most of them transparent and lustrous, radially arranged around a little rock matrix. Almost entirely colorless, but some of the crystals have a small yellowish coating on the terminations of the crystals.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.24” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.28”




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Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide)

Recorded under neon light
 

MRR47AP3: Cyclic twin crystals of Aragonite, transparent, lustrous and colorless, with a little ignimbrite matrix with Quartz crystals (hematoidal variety). The specimen comes from finds made in Mamsa in April 2022.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 2 cm = 2.52” × 0.79”




Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide).
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Aragonite
Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

EHM93AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group on matrix of large prismatic crystals of Aragonite. They are very elongated, translucent, shiny and colorless.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.9 × 8.1 cm = 5.04” × 3.90” × 3.19”

Main crystal size: 10 × 2 cm = 3.94” × 0.79”




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Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

MTR13AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz and small lamellar crystals of Baryte. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.69” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.79”




Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Rear
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Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.

Recorded under neon light
 

MRB11AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz and small lamellar crystals of Baryte. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4 × 1.8 cm = 1.81” × 1.57” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”




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Fluorite with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

MMB11AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.77” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67”




Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
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Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.

Recorded under neon light
 

MLF14AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz and small lamellar crystals of Baryte with a pink color. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.9 × 2.5 cm = 2.44” × 2.32” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.79”




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Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

MBR12AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz and small lamellar crystals of Baryte. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.69” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.75”




Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.
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Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.

Recorded under neon light
 

MTX36AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz and small lamellar crystals of Baryte. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.1 × 4.1 cm = 2.76” × 2.40” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”




Order
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

MMF96AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz and small lamellar crystals of pink Baryte. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.95” × 2.64” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02”




Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.
Order
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.

Recorded under neon light
 

MXB86AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz and small lamellar crystals of pink Baryte. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.7 × 3.4 cm = 3.19” × 3.03” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67”




Order
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

MFA86AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of microcrystals of Quartz and small lamellar crystals of pink Baryte. Different from those previously found in this deposit.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6 × 3.6 cm = 3.66” × 2.36” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.02”




Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Side
Side
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.
Order
Fluorite with Baryte and Chalcopyrite
Fluorite with Baryte and Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte and Chalcopyrite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Baryte and Chalcopyrite. Fluorite with Baryte and Chalcopyrite.

Recorded under neon light
 

FVX66AO7: Druse on matrix of transparent and very lustrous bright yellow Fluorite crystals, on matrix, with groups of lenticular Siderite crystals and small coatings of Pyrite microcrystals. Its characteristics, the matrix, and the associated species indicate that the locality is Sidi Ayad, although the accompanying documentation gave the locality as El Hammam, an inaccuracy that is not surprising for the time the piece was originally sold.
The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (number 890401), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (±1989)

Specimen size: 15.4 × 8.2 × 7.6 cm = 6.06” × 3.23” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former Jan Buma collection. Number 090401



Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
 

TB13AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.67” × 0.43”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite.
Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Rear
Rear
 

TZ16AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.38” × 1.02”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
 

TT36AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.32” × 1.57” × 0.94”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Order
Malachite with Cerussite
Malachite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Malachite with Cerussite. Malachite with Cerussite.
 

TR66AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.32” × 2.01” × 1.30”

Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
 

TK16AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 2.40” × 1.02” × 0.55”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite.
 

TQ13AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.57” × 1.34”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
 

TQ66AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.81” × 1.42”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Side
Side
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite.
Order
Malachite with Cerussite
Malachite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Cerussite. Side
Side
Malachite with Cerussite.
 

TF36AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths on a limonite matrix of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 2.95” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
 

TV27AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 2.20” × 1.69”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite.
Order
Malachite with Cerussite
Malachite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Malachite with Cerussite. Malachite with Cerussite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TP48AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths on a limonite matrix of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.2 × 3.7 cm = 3.62” × 2.83” × 1.46”

Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
 

TC97AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 4.17” × 2.48” × 2.09”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite.
Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Front
Front
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Side
Side
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite.
 

TM87AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 4.25” × 2.17” × 1.50”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite
 

TD49AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 6.3 × 8.4 cm = 6.10” × 2.48” × 3.31”

Calcite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV



Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite. Malachite with Calcite and Cerussite.
Order
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Front
Front
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Side
Side
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
 

TJ13AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”




Order
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte
 

TE6AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”




Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Front
Front
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Top
Top
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
Order
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Front
Front
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Top
Top
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
 

TD13AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.7 × 4.9 cm = 2.68” × 2.64” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 4 × 4 cm = 1.57” × 1.57”




Order
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte
 

TY12AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.1 × 4.6 cm = 2.76” × 2.01” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.42” × 1.18”




Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Front
Front
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Side
Side
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
Order
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Front
Front
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Rear
Rear
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
 

TY14AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.09” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.98”




Order
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz and Wulfenite
 

TV36AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.13” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 4.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.61”




Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz and Wulfenite. Front
Front
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz and Wulfenite. Side
Side
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz and Wulfenite. micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
Order
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Front
Front
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Side
Side
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
 

TC14AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.6 × 5.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.20” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”




Order
Quartz
 

EE96AL6: A novelty after the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual Show. Parallel aggregates of very sharp and doubly terminated Quartz crystals, transparent, lustrous, and mostly flattened. Very different from what was known to date from the area.
Jebel Gaïz, Alnif Comunne, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 2.80” × 2.24” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.61”




Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Side
Side
Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Quartz
Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

EC56AL6: A novelty after the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual Show. Scepter growth of doubly terminated parallel crystals of Quartz, very lustrous and with inclusions, on a translucent Quartz crystal. Very different from what is known to date in the area.
Jebel Gaïz, Alnif Comunne, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 3.31” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.83” × 1.61”




Order
Quartz
 

EB96AL6: A novelty after the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual Show. Doubly terminated Quartz crystal, transparent, very lustrous and with inclusions, on a parallel growth of flattened and doubly terminated crystals. Very different from what was known to date from the area.
Jebel Gaïz, Alnif Comunne, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.35” × 1.73” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 3.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.46”




Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Side
Side
Order
Quartz (variety faden quartz) with Chlorite inclusions
Quartz (variety faden quartz) with Chlorite inclusions. Front
Front
Quartz (variety faden quartz) with Chlorite inclusions. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

TXA88AO7: Group of very sharp Quartz crystals on matrix with a flattened shape and most of them being doubly terminated. With parallel growths, very lustrous and transparent and with a very visible faden thread and Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.4 × 4.1 cm = 4.61” × 3.70” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 6.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.34”




Order
Quartz (variety faden quartz) with Chlorite inclusions

Recorded under neon light
 

TMP88AO7: Group of very sharp Quartz crystals, with a flattened habit, one of them clearly dominant and very centered. With parallel growths, partially doubly terminated, very lustrous and transparent and with a very visible faden thread and dendritic Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 7.2 × 3.4 cm = 5.39” × 2.83” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.83” × 0.94”




Quartz (variety faden quartz) with Chlorite inclusions. Front
Front
Quartz (variety faden quartz) with Chlorite inclusions. Rear
Rear
Order
Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
 

NA60Y8: Surface of small equant Azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are very bright and are on matrix with small crystalline Malachite aggregates that we analyzed due to the possibility that they were Agardite-(Y). We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour District, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.95” × 2.40” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”




Order
Linarite with Brochantite
 

EK64H2: An infinity of fans and needles of Brochantite cover the sample with Linarite, partially covered, on a second plane.
Goulmima, Er Rachidia, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.3 × 3 cm = 2.95” × 2.87” × 1.18”




Linarite with Brochantite.
Order
Calcite with Siderite
Calcite with Siderite. Front
Front
Calcite with Siderite. Side
Side
 

TA86AN0: Parallel growths of white lenticular crystals of Calcite, translucent, with good luster and a white color, which formed on a group of rhombohedral lenticular crystals of Siderite. It comes from a mine from which few specimens have been seen.
Iouriren Mine (AGM Mine), Akka, Tafraout, Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.1 × 4.4 cm = 2.80” × 2.40” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.61” × 0.43”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Hematite
 

MJ6AM8: Floater group of outlined thin platy Hematite crystals, with very marked parallel growths, hopper growths on some faces and extraordinarily brilliant surfaces.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.06” × 0.91” × 0.24”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Hematite. Hematite.
Order
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
 

ED86AH9: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces that have cubic morphology. They are translucent, with a deep violet color and partially coated by groups of white, deformed and very acute Baryte crystals. It is from a new locality, found thanks to intensive prospective works looking for Baryte in Morocco, in which accidentally appeared also this Fluorite.
Debdou (Dabdou), Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03-06/2018)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6 × 3.9 cm = 3.11” × 2.36” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”




Order
Fluorite with Baryte
 

EC76AH9: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces that have cubic morphology. They are translucent, with a deep violet color and partially coated by groups of white, deformed and very acute Baryte crystals. It is from a new locality, found thanks to intensive prospective works looking for Baryte in Morocco, in which accidentally appeared also this Fluorite.
Debdou (Dabdou), Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03-06/2018)

Specimen size: 11 × 9.8 × 5.1 cm = 4.33” × 3.86” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 3 × 3 cm = 1.18” × 1.18”




Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Order
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
 

ET49AK1: Druse of cubic crystals, transparent, bright and with a lilac color, intense and uniform. With white botryoidal Calcite on the back. The specimen comes from a very recent discovery in this classic mine, in which the quality of the specimens is not usually this excellent.
Jebel Tirhemi, Taourirt, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (02/2019)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 9.3 × 4.3 cm = 4.17” × 3.66” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”




Order
Fluorite
 

ET90AK1: Druse of cubic crystals, transparent, bright and with a lilac color, intense and uniform, more intense on the edges. The specimen comes from a very recent discovery in this classic mine, in which the quality of the specimens is not usually this excellent.
Jebel Tirhemi, Taourirt, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (02/2019)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 4.49” × 3.07” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV



Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Side
Side
Fluorite.
Order
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
 

ER70AK1: Druse of cubic crystals, transparent, bright and with a lilac color, intense and uniform, more intense on the edges and with a small white coating of Baryte. The specimen comes from a very recent discovery in this classic mine, in which the quality of the specimens is not usually this excellent.
Jebel Tirhemi, Taourirt, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (02/2019)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 8.5 × 4.8 cm = 4.80” × 3.35” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”




Order

El Hamman

Fluorite with Pyrite
 

EL96Y8: Group of very sharp cubic crystals, very bright as is usual in the samples from El Hammam. They are transparent, with very well defined geometric color zoning parallel to the edges forming stripes of deeper color.
El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2012)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 8 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 3.15” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 6.1 cm = 2.48” × 2.40”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Fluorite with Pyrite.
Order
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Fluorite with Quartz. Side
Side
 

EP67AL3: A curiosity. Two generations of Fluorite crystals interrupted by a growth of Quartz crystals. The first, crystalline with bluish green color, supports a group of very sharp cubic crystals with an unusual slightly pinkish color.
El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.7 × 6.6 cm = 3.31” × 3.03” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 7.3 cm = 3.11” × 2.87”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

minID: 26J-DJR



Order
Fluorite with Galena inclusions
 

EM89AH9: Group of Fluorite crystals with cubic morphology with echeloned polycrystalline surfaces, transparent, bright, with a very vivid green color, and very unusual inclusions of very well defined Galena crystals.
El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.8 × 6.2 cm = 3.62” × 3.46” × 2.44”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Fluorite with Galena inclusions. Front
Front
Fluorite with Galena inclusions. Light behind
Light behind
Fluorite with Galena inclusions.
Order
Fluorite with limonite
Fluorite with limonite. Front
Front
Fluorite with limonite. Day light
Day light
 

EE69AG5: Aggregate of very sharp crystal cubes between transparent and translucent, with a very deep green color. They have a different characteristic compared to other Fluorites from the locality: under Sun light they have a notable fluorescence, between blue and violet that, curiously, is not seen with LED light.
El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2017)

Specimen size: 11 × 7.6 × 2.5 cm = 4.33” × 2.99” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.94”

Very fluorescent long & short UV



Order
Fluorite with Pyrite and Quartz
 

NR48AK7: Intergrowth of cubic crystals, transparent, brilliant, colored intense and uniform green, and partially covered with tiny lustrous crystals of Pyrite and white microcrystals of Quartz.
El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 11 × 8.4 × 5.6 cm = 4.33” × 3.31” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.02”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Fluorite with Pyrite and Quartz. Fluorite with Pyrite and Quartz.
Order
Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite
Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite. Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite.

Recorded under neon light
 

NMA89AN7: Group of very sharp crystals of considerable size, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a greenish yellow color. With coatings of white Quartz crystals and small aggregates of Pyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 821), whose label we will send to the buyer.
El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1999)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.9 × 5.6 cm = 4.61” × 3.50” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 4 cm = 2.24” × 1.57”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



Order
Fluorite with Quartz
 

JG27X0: Group of cubic crystals with a very intense yellow color, extraordinarily bright and with selective coatings of Quartz microcrystals on some of the cube faces.
El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 12 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm = 4.72” × 3.07” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.46”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of James Catmur



Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Side
Side
Order
Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite
Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite. Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite.
 

ER50AM3: Druse of crystals with a cubic habit, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform green color. Partially covered by small Pyrite crystals and microcrystals of white Quartz. Ancient piece with a different appearance than what is found nowadays in this mine.
El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 19.3 × 15.8 × 4.1 cm = 7.60” × 6.22” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Order

Jebel Ouichane Baryte

Baryte with limonite

Recorded under neon light
 

MXP66AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slightly curved, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform sky-blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle, and it comes from a find made in November 2022 in a locality that was believed to no longer yield any more quality specimens.
Jebel Ouichane Mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with limonite. Front
Front
Baryte with limonite. Side
Side
Order
Baryte with limonite
Baryte with limonite. Baryte with limonite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MBX74AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of large flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slight curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, with very bright luster and an intense and uniform light blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle. Comes from a November 2022 find in a locality that was believed to no longer yield any more quality specimens. Spectacular!
Jebel Ouichane Mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 10.4 × 7.7 cm = 4.80” × 4.09” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 9 × 3 cm = 3.54” × 1.18”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Order

Kerrouchen

Azurite doubly terminated
 

MG64AE3: Floater subparallel growth of doubly terminated crystals with curvatures. They are bright and have a very deep and vivid color.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.50” × 0.71”




Azurite doubly terminated. Front
Front
Azurite doubly terminated. Rear
Rear
Order
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Top
Top
 

NY66P2: Crystals of very well defined faces and edges, very bright, of deep blue color and transparent on their edges. They are on sandstone matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.42” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.31”




Order
Azurite
 

NH46P2: Group of complex doubly terminated crystals formed by polycrystalline parallel groups. The group is on sandstone matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.22”




Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
Order
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
 

NH6AE3: Parallel growth, on matrix, of doubly terminated crystals with curvatures. They are bright and have a very deep and vivid color.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.80” × 0.87” × 0.67”




Order
Malachite
 

NP26P9: Esthetic fan growths of felty crystals, with fine color zoning and a very notable silky luster. They are on a matrix of Limonite.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39”




Malachite.
Order

M'Cissi

Azurite with Malachite, Quartz and Calcite
Azurite with Malachite, Quartz and Calcite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite, Quartz and Calcite. Rear
Rear
 

EV76X3: Druse, on a limonite matrix with Quartz crystals, of bright lenticular Azurite crystalswith a very vivid color and small growths of Malachite and Calcite. The back side is also rich with crystals that are bigger, better defined and some of them more isolated or forming almost floater rosette aggregates. Different than most of the samples from this locality.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2011)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.8 × 3.5 cm = 3.46” × 2.68” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”




Order
Malachite
 

ET50AL6: A relative novelty after the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual Show, due more than anything to its unusual morphology, very different from that known to date in this locality. In this case the Malachite forms globular growths of small centered acicular crystals, transparent and with a very intense silky luster, on matrix.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 13.3 × 10.1 × 5.3 cm = 5.24” × 3.98” × 2.09”




Malachite. Malachite.
Order

Rar el Anz Chalcostibite

Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite.
 

TK7AI0: Floater parallel growth of Chalcostibite crystals with excellent terminal faces and superficially substituted by Azurite. The color, the quality and the crystal definition are unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.35”




Order
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite
 

TN68AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Group of Chalcostibite crystals, some of them with parallel growths, with excellent terminal faces, superficially replaced by Azurite and with Malachite impregnations. The quality of the sample and the definition of the crystals are very high and unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.63”




Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Top
Top
Order
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Top
Top
 

TJ58AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Parallel growth, on matrix, of Chalcostibite crystals with excellent terminal faces, superficially replaced by Azurite and with Malachite impregnations. The quality of the sample and the definition of the crystals are very high and unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.39”




Order
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite
 

TF10AI0: Parallel growth of Chalcostibite crystals with good terminations, superficially substituted by Azurite and with Malachite impregnations. The color, the quality and the crystal definition are unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 0.47”




Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Top
Top
Order
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Top
Top
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
 

TR89AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Group of Chalcostibite crystals on matrix, some of them doubly terminated, with excellent terminal faces and superficially replaced by Malachite and Azurite. The quality of the sample and the definition of the crystals are very high and unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.46” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.34” × 0.98”




Order

Taouz

Vanadinite

Recorded under neon light
 

TBX14AO5: Parallel growths and polycrystalline forms of very sharp tabular Vanadinite crystals, translucent and with an intense and uniform color.
Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.18” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”




Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear
Order
Vanadinite on manganese oxides
Vanadinite on manganese oxides. Vanadinite on manganese oxides.

Recorded under neon light
 

TFB96AO5: Groups and isolated crystals of Vanadinite, many of them doubly terminated, with a short prismatic habit, sharp crystal shapes and some hopper terminations.Translucent, with an intense and uniform color and on a matrix of manganese oxides. Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”




Order
Vanadinite on manganese oxides

Recorded under neon light
 

TMR46AO5: Groups and isolated crystals of Vanadinite, many of them doubly terminated, with a short prismatic habit, sharp crystal shapes and some hopper terminations.Translucent, with an intense and uniform color and on a matrix of manganese oxides.
Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.46” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”




Vanadinite on manganese oxides. Vanadinite on manganese oxides.
Order
Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite. Top
Top
Vanadinite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TT50AN2: Columnar and globular growths of sharp tabular Vanadinite crystals with an intense luster and color, on matrix, with curious crested shapes. Very aesthetic.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.34” × 1.69”




Order
Vanadinite with manganese oxides and Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

TRR86AO5: Parallel growths and polycrystalline forms of Vanadinite whose habit varies from tabular to short prismatic, very sharp, translucent, with an intense and uniform color and on a Quartz matrix with manganese oxides. Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.28” × 2.13” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




Vanadinite with manganese oxides and Quartz. Vanadinite with manganese oxides and Quartz.
Order
Vanadinite on manganese oxides
Vanadinite on manganese oxides. Vanadinite on manganese oxides.

Recorded under neon light
 

TMA66AO5: Groups and isolated crystals of Vanadinite, many of them doubly terminated, with a short prismatic shape, translucent, with an intense and uniform color and on a matrix of manganese oxides.
Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.36” × 2.28” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




Order
Vanadinite on manganese oxides

Recorded under neon light
 

TBB16AO5: Isolated globular aggregates of Vanadinite formed of very sharp tabular crystals, with an intense color and luster, dispersed on a matrix of manganese oxides.
Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.83” × 1.42” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”




Vanadinite on manganese oxides. Vanadinite on manganese oxides.
Order
Vanadinite with manganese oxides and Quartz
Vanadinite with manganese oxides and Quartz. Vanadinite with manganese oxides and Quartz.
Vanadinite with manganese oxides and Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

TVL47AO5: Parallel growths and polycrystalline forms of Vanadinite whose habit varies from tabular to short prismatic, very sharp, translucent, with an intense and uniform color and on a Quartz matrix with manganese oxides.
Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.2 × 5.8 cm = 3.27” × 2.44” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




Order
Vanadinite on Siderite

Recorded under neon light
 

TMF47AO5: Spheroidal aggregates of Vanadinite crystals with a short prismatic habit. Translucent, with an intense and uniform color and on an unusual matrix of weathered rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.2 × 4.2 cm = 3.39” × 2.44” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




Vanadinite on Siderite. Front
Front
Vanadinite on Siderite. Side
Side
Vanadinite on Siderite.
Order
Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TFR71AO5: A floater piece with very good size of parallel growths and polycrystalline forms of skeletal Vanadinite crystals, translucent and with an intense and uniform color.
Unusual quality for the locality.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.8 × 5.4 cm = 3.98” × 2.68” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.51” × 0.35”




Order
Vanadinite

Recorded under neon light
 

TFL50AP2: Floater group of Vanadinite crystals, very sharp, and with colors that range from orange to reddish, with parallel and polycrystalline growths. With minor remnants of manganese oxides on the back of the piece, it has an unusual quality for the deposit.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.9 × 3.7 cm = 4.09” × 3.11” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”




Vanadinite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Vanadinite.
Vanadinite.
Order
Quartz with Siderite and Gypsum
Quartz with Siderite and Gypsum. Quartz with Siderite and Gypsum.
 

AM14AN0: Two Quartz crystals, one of them partially doubly terminated, transparent and with inclusions, extraordinarily lustrous, on a matrix of rhombohedral Siderite crystals with small coatings of Gypsum. From a very little known locality.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1999)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.34” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.55”




Order
Quartz with Siderite and Gypsum
 

AT12AN0: Quartz crystal, transparent and with inclusions, extraordinarily lustrous, on a matrix of rhombohedral Siderite crystals with small coatings of Gypsum. From a very little known locality.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1999)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.3 × 4 cm = 2.52” × 1.30” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.43”




Quartz with Siderite and Gypsum. Quartz with Siderite and Gypsum.
Order
Quartz with Siderite
Quartz with Siderite. Front
Front
Quartz with Siderite. Rear
Rear
Quartz with Siderite  

ET27AK6: Doubly terminated Quartz crystal, between translucent and transparent, very lustrous, with inclusions and on a matrix of sharp rhombohedral crystals of Siderite. Although it was found in the Taouz area, it is not from the group of mines at that locality but rather appeared on a nearby mountain that has no relation to the mining complex.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1999)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.05” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 4.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.85”

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh



Order
Baryte
 

ED87AK6: Doubly terminated crystal, with very marked polycrystalline growths, translucent, brilliant and with a blue color somewhat more intense than usual for specimens from this locality.
Mefis, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.6 × 5 × 2.9 cm = 3.78” × 1.97” × 1.14”




Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Rear
Rear
Order

Tazalarht

Azurite with Quartz
Azurite with Quartz. Front
Front
Azurite with Quartz. Side
Side
Azurite with Quartz. Azurite with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

TQ68AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 3.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”




Order
Azurite
 

TA46N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. From a new Moroccan locality, not yet well determined. Azurite forms groups of small crystals, almost globular, on a Quartz matrix and taller crystals, flattened, with parallel groups and multiple terminations. On the lower part, these crystals are partially coated by a material that, analyzed, , is a melange of clay, chalky powder and some kind of submicrocrystalline copper phosphate.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (10/2008)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.2 × 4.8 cm = 2.32” × 1.65” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”




Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Side
Side
Order
Azurite with Quartz
Azurite with Quartz. Azurite with Quartz.
Azurite with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

TF49AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”




Order
Azurite with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

TJ68AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 5.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”




Azurite with Quartz. Front
Front
Azurite with Quartz. Side
Side
Azurite with Quartz.
Order
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz. Azurite with Malachite and Quartz.
 

TE48AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Groups of Azurite crystals with a lenticular habit, translucent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color. A first generation of Azurite crystals was pseudomorphed by Malachite. On matrix, with Quartz and Malachite coatings. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.77” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”




Order
Azurite
 

TF66R4: Aggregate of very flattened lenticular crystals of deep color, with a curious coating that, when analyzed, turned out to be a melange of clay, chalky powder and some kind of submicrocrystalline copper phosphate.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (10/2008)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.8 × 2.9 cm = 3.31” × 3.07” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”




Azurite.
Azurite.
Order
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz. Side
Side
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz.
 

TC27AN2: Groups of Azurite crystals with a lenticular habit, translucent, with a bright luster and very vivid blue color. On matrix, with Quartz and Malachite coatings. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.3 × 5.9 cm = 3.86” × 2.48” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”




Order
Malachite

Recorded under neon light
 

TE27AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.56” × 2.13”




Malachite. Front
Front
Malachite. Rear
Rear
Malachite.
Order
Malachite
Malachite. Malachite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TXA47AO7: Primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green, on a limonite matrix with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and a very vivid color. Different, and of high quality for this little known locality.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8 × 6.6 × 2.9 cm = 3.15” × 2.60” × 1.14”




Order
Malachite after Azurite on Goethite

Recorded under neon light
 

TFR27AO7: Malachite pseudomorphs after sharp Azurite crystals, deep green, on a matrix of Goethite, with a second generation of fibrous Malachite that forms centered aggregates with a silky luster and a very vivid color.
Of high quality for this little known locality.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 11.5 × 7.4 × 6.8 cm = 4.53” × 2.91” × 2.68”




Malachite after Azurite on Goethite. Front
Front
Malachite after Azurite on Goethite. Top
Top
Malachite after Azurite on Goethite.
Order
Malachite
Malachite. Malachite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TY47AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.2 × 4.3 cm = 4.88” × 3.62” × 1.69”




Order
Malachite

Recorded under neon light
 

TR69AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 11.3 × 7.4 cm = 5.04” × 4.45” × 2.91”




Malachite. Front
Front
Malachite. Side
Side
Malachite.
Order
Olivenite and Azurite