TE12N0: 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 that has a curious coating that, analyzed, is a melange of clay, chalky powder and some kind of submicrocrystalline copper phosphate.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Tucson 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 7 of number 3/2009.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (10/2008)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.65” × 1.18”

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

TF16N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. From a new Moroccan locality, not yet well determined. Azurite, on Quartz matrix, forms flattened crystals with parallel growths 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 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.06”

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

EPX99CD5: Group of numerous Azurite crystals on a rock matrix, partially covered by a yellowish layer of iron oxides (analyzed). The Azurite crystals are very sharp and perfectly defined, with a very deep and intense blue color.
The specimen comes from the mining area of Tazalarht, in Morocco, from a relatively recent discovery.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01-02/2023)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 5.1 cm = 3.07” × 2.64” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

TJ27N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. From a new Moroccan locality, not yet well determined. Azurite, on Quartz matrix, forms flattened crystals with parallel growths and multiple terminations. The luster and the color are very good.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (10/2008)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 8 × 3.5 cm = 3.78” × 3.15” × 1.38”

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

LZ27AK4: Stalactitic growth of brilliant lenticular Azurite crystals with very bright color, on a first generation of crystals of similar morphology, matte and very dark blue, with small coatings of Malachite. The specimen, from a not very well known locality, comes from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 792), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4 × 1.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.57” × 0.67”

TB10AN2: 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: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.51”

MEB87ASN5: New find in Munich 2024, featured in edition 56, number 1, of the Mineralogical Record magazine.
Group of Malachite crystals, of considerable size for the locality, with well-defined faces and edges, and a very uniform deep green color, which have grown on a hyaline and well-defined Quartz crystal.
The specimen has been analyzed and identified as Malachite, and although a pseudomorph cannot be ruled out, this possibility seems unlikely to us, given the appearance, shape, and great luster of the crystals.
The Tazalarht mining area continues to offer pleasant mineral surprises.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.85” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

MTF66CD5: Group of Malachite pseudomorphs with two different habits, one with thin, quadratic tabular crystals of what could perhaps have been Baryte, and the other with more elongated and thinner crystals of what perhaps could have been Azurite. Implanted on a limonitic rock matrix.
The specimen comes from the Tazalarht mining district in Morocco, from a relatively recent discovery.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01-02/2023)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.09” × 1.69”

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

TMT66CD6: Group of coralloidal aggregates formed by Malachite crystals of uniform grass-green color on limonitic rock matrix from the Tazalarht mining district in Morocco.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2023)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.56” × 1.46”

NA14V4: Arborescent growth of slightly defined crystals of native Copper with small grains of massive Quartz. It is from a new locality for Morocco, in which only this kind of samples of Copper are known. We hope that it will give agreeable surprises in the next future.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (09/2011)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 3.03” × 1.73” × 1.30”

NB14V4: Arborescent growth of slightly defined crystals of native Copper with small grains of massive Quartz. It is from a new locality for Morocco, in which only this kind of samples of Copper are known. We hope that it will give agreeable surprises in the next future.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (09/2011)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.7 × 2.2 cm = 3.07” × 1.85” × 0.87”

EA13AD8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Aggregates of acicular Olivenite crystals, individualized or forming radial aggregates, with the olive-green color typical for the species, on limonite matrix and with rosette aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with a vivid and deep color. The Olivenite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. As usual with the Moroccan novelties, the locality is not yet completely confirmed, but it is very plausible that it is Tazalarht.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.38” × 1.30” × 0.71”

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

EZ10AD8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Aggregates of acicular Olivenite crystals, individualized or forming radial aggregates, with the olive-green color typical for the species, on limonite matrix and with rosette aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with a vivid and deep color. The Olivenite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. As usual with the Moroccan novelties, the locality is not yet completely confirmed, but it is very plausible that it is Tazalarht.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.61” × 1.10” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

EX14AD8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Aggregates of acicular Olivenite crystals, individualized or forming radial aggregates, with the olive-green color typical for the species, on limonite matrix and with rosette aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with a vivid and deep color. The Olivenite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. As usual with the Moroccan novelties, the locality is not yet completely confirmed, but it is very plausible that it is Tazalarht.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 1.10”

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

EA28AB9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment.
As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 3.1 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 1.22”

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

EF97AB9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment.
As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.4 × 1 cm = 1.61” × 0.94” × 0.39”

EE68AB9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment.
As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

EA88AC2: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Aggregate of very elongated crystals that have a quite different shape than the better known Erythrite from Bou Azzer. These crystals in a Phlogopite-rich matrix are notable by their luster and color, very intense and uniform.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.56” × 2.09” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.16”

EB98AB9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment.
As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2015 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 07-08/2015, page 73
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.28” × 1.30” × 1.42”

EK9Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. A fine isolated group of tabular Vanadinite crystals, with a very intense color and luster and spread over an unusual matrix of small lenticular Siderite crystals.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.06”

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

EV10Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Fine isolated divergent groups of tabular Vanadinite crystals, with a very intense color and luster and spread over an unusual matrix of rhombohedral Siderite.
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.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.10” × 1.26”

EX60Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Fine isolated globular Vanadinite growths, one of them clearly dominant, formed by tabular crystals, with very intense color and luster and spread on an unusual matrix of rhombohedral Siderite matrix.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.18” × 0.91”

96DMG4: Crystals have considerable size and good color. They show the typical morphology of Taouz and are spread on matrix, which allows one to clearly appreciate their excellent development.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 8.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.85” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

TC90EA: Rosette aggregates of very sharp tabular Vanadinite crystals with an intense color and luster, dispersed on an unusual matrix of rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.30” × 1.14”

ET11Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Divergent groups and isolated tabular Vanadinite crystals with a very intense color and luster and spread over an unusual matrix of rhombohedral Siderite.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.38” × 1.81”

TA50AJ4: Columnar and globular Vanadinite growths with curious and very esthetic crested forms of very sharp tabular crystals with a very intense color and luster and partially coated by white Calcite. Perhaps it reminds one of a swan? A dromedary? Who knows! 😃
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.2 × 5.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.05” × 2.01”

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

MG47AF0: Spheroidal growths of thin tabular Vanadinite crystals with well defined faces and edges, with a color between pinkish and orange and on Goethite matrix. The sample is different from the usual at the locality.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 9.9 × 5.5 × 6.7 cm = 3.90” × 2.17” × 2.64”

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

AB63AM7: Quartz crystal with very sharp crystal forms, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, colorless, and implanted on a matrix of rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.85” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

N11BI7: Doubly terminated, very bright and absolutely clear crystal. It is on a matrix of crystallized Siderite. The crystal has curious deformations on the terminal faces and shows inclusions on its central zone.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm = 3.70” × 2.99” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1 cm = 1.34” × 0.39”

EB66F9: Good quality Cerussits, not so long ago, were relatively common from Touissit and Mibladen, two of the biggest classic localities in Morocco. Samples from Taouz are much more difficult to find. This one is a group of twinned Cerussite crystals with a silky aspect and excellent development on matrix.
Bouzougar, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/05/2003)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4 × 4.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.57” × 1.65”

MD46W1: Aggregates of small lenticular crystals of Azurite, with an unusually vivid blue color, that are coating a group of Quartz crystals partially limonitized and with small growths of Malachite.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2011)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.40” × 2.13” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1 cm = 1.85” × 0.39”

NF26Z5: Stalactitic aggregates of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a vivid and deep color, partially coated by aggregates of Malachite crystals and on a matrix of Quartz crystals coated by limonite.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2011)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.83” × 1.34” × 0.83”

EG67W7: Aggregates, on a limonite matrix, of small lenticular crystals of Azurite. They have an unusually vivid blue color and are coating a thick Quartz crystal, itself coated with limonite, and they are intermixed with globular growths of Malachite.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2011)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.83” × 2.32” × 1.77”

MF36T7: A novelty at Munich 2011. Group of Quartz crystals coated by limonite which is peppered with crystals of Malachite and Azurite, very much more individualized than usual and with a more vivid color than usual for the locality.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2011)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 1.54” × 1.34”

MJ67T7: A novelty at Munich 2011. A group of Quartz crystals coated by limonite, with a curious “bridge” of this last mineral, the limonite is peppered by crystals of Malachite and Azurite very much more individualized than usual and with a more vivid color than usual for the locality.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2011)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.1 × 5.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.80” × 2.13”

EM47Q8: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. A group of Quartz crystals, totally or partially coated by Hematite and botryoidal growths of small crystals of Malachite, plus groups of crystals, small but very well defined, of Azurite with a very deep blue color and an excellent luster.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2010)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.3 × 8.8 cm = 3.70” × 2.87” × 3.46”

ME96V1: Botryoidal growths of Azurite with a very intense and uniform color, spotted by small aggregates of acicular crystals of Malachite, and on a matrix of small Quartz crystals.
M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2011)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 6.2 × 4.5 cm = 4.17” × 2.44” × 1.77”

MB13: Small and nice single crystal, very sharp and well terminated at its top with the typical intense blue color of this find.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (09/2002)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.63” × 0.20”

TL92AE1: Aggregate of elongated Chalcostibite crystals with very good terminal faces, not common on this kind of sample and, in general, with very well defined faces and edges. The Chalcostibite is partially replaced by Azurite forming bright surfaces with a very vivid color.
The sample is with a label, originally from Ernesto Ossola, that we’ll send to the buyer.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.52” × 1.50” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.02”

TR36AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Group of Chalcostibite crystals, some of them forming parallel growths and partially doubly terminated, with excellent terminal faces and superficially replaced by Azurite and small Malachite impregnations. The quality of the sample and the definition of the crystals are very high and unusual for the species.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2017 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 136, page 47, the magazine "Lapis" number 07-08/2017, page 71 and as a Ste. Marie 2017 new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 693 in the volume 48, number 5, September-October 2017
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.56” × 1.69” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.20” × 1.38”

TR72AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Group, on matrix, of Chalcostibite crystals, some of them partially 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: 9.5 × 5.5 × 2.9 cm = 3.74” × 2.17” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.83”

EH87AG3: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Big and elongated Chalcostibite crystals with very good terminal faces, not common on this kind of sample and, in general, with very well defined faces and edges. The Chalcostibite is partially replaced by Azurite forming bright surfaces with a very vivid color. This is one of the best samples of the great find in 2017 when Chalcostibites of Rhar el Anz were re-discovered.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (05/2017)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 6.3 × 5.8 cm = 4.61” × 2.48” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.42” × 0.47”

MX62E8: The prismatic, flat crystals with good color and brilliance are not that well defined, as is often the case with this species, which takes advantage of cracks when forming away from other copper minerals. The whole sample is improved by the concretion of micro-crystals of prismatic Brochantite near the bottom of the specimen.
Goulmima, Er Rachidia, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8 × 4 cm = 4.13” × 3.15” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.08”

MZ36T6: Aggregates of Linarite crystals with the flattened shape typical for the species. They have very intense color and luster and contrast with the deep green color of the acicular crystals of Brochantite.
Goulmima, Er Rachidia, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 10.5 × 6.3 cm = 5.04” × 4.13” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.1 cm = 0.31” × 0.04”

EF11H2: Predominating Brochantite fills the specimen of green color and embellishes the upper part with beautiful radially divergent groups of acicular crystals.
Goulmima, Er Rachidia, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.3 × 2.3 cm = 2.87” × 1.69” × 0.91”

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

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.91” × 0.79”

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

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.67”

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

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.83” × 0.67”

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

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.75”

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

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.54” × 0.98” × 0.71”