Reference Specimens / Morocco / Fabre Minerals

This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM

Jebel Masker

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz

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MX26AK8: Specimen similar to those reported as a novelty at the 2019 Sainte Marie-aux-Mines show, but displaying distinctive characteristics, apparently due to having been found at greater depth than the previous ones. Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, show a well defined pseudohexagonal outline and are completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, along with both Quartz, in small crystals, as well as Epidote, much more individual and higher quality. We decided to analyze this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2019, in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral‘ number 150, page 45
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 2.64” × 2.60” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.34” × 0.51”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote

MH10AL5: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals, and individualized groups of 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: 6.9 × 6.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.48” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.54” × 0.91”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote.

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz

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MRA14AO0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered 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 its 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: 7.8 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 3.07” × 1.42” × 1.42”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz

MP26AK8: Specimen similar to those reported as a novelty at the 2019 Sainte Marie-aux-Mines show but exhibiting distinctive characteristics, apparently due to having been found at greater depth than the previous finds. Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, have a sharp pseudohexagonal contour and are completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, together with Quartz, in small crystals, as well as Epidote, much more individual and of higher quality. We analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2019, in the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 63 of number 1/2020
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.3 × 3.2 cm = 3.11” × 2.48” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 2.2 cm = 3.11” × 0.87”

Fluorescent long & short UV

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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz

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ERY110AO0: 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, and with small Quartz crystals. The dissolution shapes at the back of the piece give it a curious labyrinthine appearance. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its 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: 8.1 × 6 × 4.4 cm = 3.19” × 2.36” × 1.73”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote

MV14AM3: 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, with small groups of Epidote 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 (08/2019)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.2 × 7.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.05” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.23” × 1.06”

With analysis copy

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Calcite (variety kanonenspat)

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MRZ66AO0: 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. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its 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: 10.1 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 3.98” × 2.60” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 8 × 4 cm = 3.15” × 1.57”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote, Chlorite and Quartz

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ER92AK8: Specimen similar to those reported as a novelty at the 2019 Sainte Marie-aux-Mines show, but displaying distinctive morphology, apparently due to having been found at greater depth than the previous ones. Calcite crystals showing a well defined pseudohexagonal outline are completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, along with both Quartz, in small crystals, as well as fan-like aggregates of Epidote, much more individual and higher quality. We decided to analyze this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2019 Munich Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 12/2019, page 30, and in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 63 of the 2019/02 edition.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 13.3 × 8.6 cm = 5.83” × 5.24” × 3.39”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.6 cm = 1.97” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote, Chlorite and Quartz.

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite

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EA96AK8: New at the 2019 Sainte Marie-aux-Mines show. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite that remind us very much of the towers of the Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona. Small rhombohedral Calcite crystals have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that our analyses show were also Calcite, presumably a first generation of Calcite. With small platy growths of Chlorite. We analyzed this type of specimen due to its 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 (2019)

Specimen size: 16.2 × 4 × 3 cm = 6.38” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 14.5 × 1.3 cm = 5.71” × 0.51”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Epidote with Quartz

MD13AK6: Fan-shaped growths of very aerial prismatic Epidote crystals on Quartz crystals, with good terminal faces, bright and very deep in color. Previously labeled as "Imilchil", now the location is more accurate.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.34” × 1.02”

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

Epidote with Quartz

ME26AK6: Fan-shaped growths of very aerial prismatic Epidote crystals on Quartz crystals, with good terminal faces, bright and very deep in color. Previously labeled as "Imilchil", now the location is more accurate.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.6 × 2 cm = 2.48” × 1.42” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

Epidote with Quartz

MG26AK6: Groups of prismatic Epidote crystals with good terminal faces, in fan-shaped aggregates, lustrous and very deep color. Previously labeled as "Imilchil", now the location is more accurate.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.87” × 1.81” × 0.91”

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

Epidote with Quartz

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EY97AK5: Drusy fans of prismatic crystals with defined, translucent, faces and edges, with bright luster and a very intense, deep and uniform pistachio-green color. On matrix with small colorless, transparent and very bright crystals of Quartz. The specimen, from an area (Jebel Masker) little known until now, comes from the Christian Mondeilh collection (No. D / 2016), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6.1 × 3.4 cm = 3.58” × 2.40” × 1.34”

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

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh

Chabazite-Ca

The rich and large Imilchil area continues to produce wonderful new things.
In Ste. Marie 2006 it was Chabazite-Ca (Calcium dominant but also Potassium rich - analysis made by Barcelona's University)
Its color is intense with good luster, and also good crystal size and an evident beauty.

Vanadinite

TM14AN2: Parallel growth of Vanadinite crystals with pyramidal shapes, with bright luster and a very vivid and uniform red color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bou Almaden (Bou el Maden), Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.55” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.24”

Former collection of Bob Noble

Vanadinite with Baryte

MH86AF3: Thick tabular Vanadinite crystals, very well defined, translucent, bright and with a very deep color. They are on a matrix of white Baryte crystals with small black oxide coatings. Really spectacular.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (± 2014)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.7 × 5.4 cm = 4.02” × 3.03” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

Vanadinite

TF99T3: Irregular aggregate of red tabular crystals with well developed pyramidal faces on one of their terminations, with the opposite termination clearly flat. They are on matrix, with botryoidal growths of Goethite and an unidentified white carbonate. The mine is a very uncommon one and it supplied a small amount of significant samples for only a short time.
The specimen has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 7 in the volume 9/2011
T-West Mine, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 8.1 × 4.6 cm = 5.59” × 3.19” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”

Cerussite with Baryte

TM14AB7: Very aerial group of twinned Cerussite crystals whose shape is very uncommon for Mibladen samples, with very smooth surfaces and very well defined prism faces. They are on a Dolomite matrix with aggregates of laminar Baryte crystals.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.56” × 1.85” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.63”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

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Cerussite with Baryte

EV26V1: Twinned (cyclic twin) dipyramidal crystals of Cerussite. They are bright, have an intense yellow color and are on matrix with aggregates of pinkish crystals of Baryte and with Galena. A Moroccan classic.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 272 in the volume 44, number 3
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 10.5 × 3.8 cm = 5.31” × 4.13” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

Azurite with Malachite and Gypsum

EZ60Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Spheroidal nodule formed by small lenticular Azurite crystals that have an intense color and good luster. They are on an unusual matrix of Gypsum crystals and with Malachite. The sample is from a small area of old abandoned mines between Aouli and Mibladen, now rediscovered thanks to intensive manual mineral collecting at this zone.
Lizaste, Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.67”

Azurite with Malachite and Gypsum

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EM14Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Double spheroidal nodule formed by small lenticular Azurite crystals that have intense color and good luster. They are on an unusual matrix of fibrous Gypsum and with Malachite. The sample is from a small area of old abandoned mines between Aouli and Mibladen, now rediscovered thanks to intensive manual mineral collecting at this zone.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2013 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 112, page 11
Lizaste, Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 1.69”

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

EM62E6: What color! A very lively red that contrasts well with the white Baryte matrix. The Vanadinite crystals are undamaged on all their faces, and, because they are aerial, very visible.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2001)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

Vanadinite

Photo: Soldevilla

Recorded under neon light

EXF92ASN2: From a find at greater depth than usual in the Coud'a area, specifically in Mohamedine, this specimen consists of polycrystalline aggregates of Vanadinite, forming plume-like parallel growths of tabular crystals, extraordinarily bright and with a red-magenta color. The back of the crystals is matte.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2024)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 2.60” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Vanadinite

MZ27AK6: Polycrystalline floater of Vanadinite with flattened hexagonal forms, very sharp, and of unusual size. The intensely red faces are uniformly brilliant. This specimen came from a recent find in Mohamedin, Coud'a, shortly before Munich 2019, from a deeper level in the mine than the usual pieces. It is as exceptional as the image shows.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 53 of the 2020/01 edition.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.64” × 2.40” × 0.98”

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Vanadinite

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MV37AL5: Parallel growths of thick tabular crystals that make up a single Vanadinite crystal with polycrystalline growths. The growths have marked pyramidal faces, shiny, and with a very vivid and uniform red-magenta color, slightly matte on the back. Different from other Vanadinites and with a huge single crystal for the species.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 53 of the 2020/01 edition.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.7 × 2 cm = 3.31” × 2.24” × 0.79”

Vanadinite on Baryte

EP26E7: The Baryte is very white, the Vanadinite is very red, the crystals are very aerial, it is a large specimen, and it is perfect. So lots to think about in this one.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (03/2002)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 10.5 × 3 cm = 5.31” × 4.13” × 1.18”

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

Vanadinite with Mottramite

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

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.59”

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

Vanadinite with Mottramite

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

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 1.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.18” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

Vanadinite with Mottramite

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

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.42” × 0.71”

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

Vanadinite with Mottramite

EM86AD6: Aggregate of fine tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges, good color and bordering a rocky matrix partially coated by black Mottramite microcrystals.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6 × 2.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.36” × 0.98”

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

Vanadinite with Mottramite

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

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.2 × 4.3 cm = 4.13” × 3.23” × 1.69”

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

Wulfenite on Baryte

MA47AA9: Isolated Wulfenite crystals with a shape and color (intense red) very different than usual for the locality. On matrix, with Baryte.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.87” × 1.22” × 1.14”

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

Former collection Caroline Martaud (Wulfenites)

ACF Mine area

Vanadinite

ME8AM9: Aerial and esthetic group of very sharp tabular Vanadinite crystals, with bright luster and an intense red color. A Moroccan classic that comes from the Robert J. Noble collection and that we will send to the buyer in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.71”

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

Former collection of Bob Noble

Vanadinite with Baryte

EK66P8: Very aerial group of thin tabular crystals with a dominant pinacoid, a thin prism and dipyramidal faces. Color and luster are excellent. The group is on a small matrix of Baryte.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.94”

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

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Vanadinite

TN13AN2: Group of tabular Vanadinite crystals, of good size, with bright luster and a deep red color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble

Vanadinite with Baryte

EJ66P8: Very aerial group of thin tabular crystals, one of them, the biggest, with a dominant pinacoid, a thin prism and dipyramidal faces. Color and luster are excellent. The group is on a small matrix of Baryte.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 255 in the volume 44, number 3
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 0.83” × 0.71”

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

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Vanadinite with Baryte

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EM13AM2: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.94” × 0.63”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EC13AM2: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.46” × 1.26” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

Vanadinite with Baryte

ED14AM2: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty of Munich Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 157, January-February 2020, page 49
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.91”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EC37AM0: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from those known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tones, to acicular forms with yellowish orange color, also very intense. On matrix, with lamellar crystals of Barite. From a find in the area of the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.4 × 3.6 cm = 1.50” × 0.94” × 1.42”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EF16AM0: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from those known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tones, to acicular forms with yellowish orange color, also very intense. On matrix, with lamellar crystals of Barite. From a find in the area of the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 0.91” × 0.87”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EG6AM2: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.61” × 1.06”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EC12AM2: Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 1.02” × 0.79”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EA96AM0: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from those known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tones, to acicular forms with yellowish orange color, also very intense. On matrix, with lamellar crystals of Barite. From a find in the area of the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 4.1 cm = 1.81” × 1.10” × 1.61”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EF26AM2: Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 1.06”

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

Vanadinite

AB86AN0: Floater group of tabular Vanadinite crystals that form polycrystalline growths, with lustrous faces and a very vivid, intense and uniform red color. Different from others from this mine.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (1994)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 1.42”

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Vanadinite

TJ56AB2: Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color, between orange and cream, and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal. The sample has been collected 200 meters deep in the old abandoned shafts at the ACF mine. Due to very difficult access and collecting, future recovery of such pieces is not expected.
ACF Mine, 200 m.↓, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (05/2014)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.69” × 0.67”

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

Vanadinite on Baryte

E64CB3: More orange color than usual. Nice contrast with the white Baryte matrix.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2001)

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

Vanadinite

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EK94AE5: Aggregate on very little matrix of thick tabular crystals that are bright, with very well defined pinacoidal faces, parallel and skeletal growths on some of the prism faces. The crystals are considerably large, have an excellent red color, vivid and uniform. Of the best quality for Mibladen.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (05/2016)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3 × 3 cm = 2.32” × 1.18” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.87”

Vanadinite with Baryte and Gypsum

ED76P9: A nice sample, with well individualized tabular crystals of Vanadinite of excellent color and luster. They are on a white Baryte matrix partially coated by Gypsum, an uncommon species on the samples from Mibladen.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.85” × 1.06”

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

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Vanadinite

TH26AC9: Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color, between orange and cream, and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal. The sample was collected 200 meters deep in the old abandoned shafts at the ACF mine. Due to very difficult access and collecting, future recovery of such pieces is not expected.
ACF Mine, 200 m.↓, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (05/2014)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 0.79”

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

Vanadinite

E97DB5: Large crystal size in this powerful Vanadinite on matrix.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (1997)

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

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Vanadinite with Baryte

EX27AM0: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from those known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tones, to acicular forms with yellowish orange color, also very intense. On matrix, with lamellar crystals of Barite. From a find in the area of the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.52” × 1.50” × 0.87”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

AA27AM6: Thick tabular Vanadinite crystals, translucent, with a bright luster and an orange-red color and a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic from 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.52” × 1.69”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

DA50AD5: Aggregates of very well defined tabular Vanadinite crystals that are translucent, very bright and with a very vivid and uniform red color. They are on a rocky matrix with white aggregates of Baryte crystals. A Moroccan classic with great quality.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.72” × 1.38”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EH26AM2: Elongated Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.26” × 1.14”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

EJ56AM2: Vanadinite crystals with a peculiar habit, very different from what has been known up to now, ranging from elongated prisms, transparent and with a very bright red color with orange tints, to acicular forms of intense yellowish orange color. On matrix and with thin platy Baryte crystals. From a find in the ACF mining concession in February 2020.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 1.85” × 1.34”

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

Vanadinite

TE17AF3: Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color, between orange and cream, and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal. The sample has been collected 200 meters deep in the old abandoned shafts at the ACF mine. Due to very difficult access and collecting, future recovery of such pieces is not expected.
ACF Mine, 200 m.↓, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (05/2014)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.77” × 1.06”

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

Vanadinite

EC66AA0: Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color, between orange and cream, and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal.
ACF Mine, 200 m.↓, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2013)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.6 × 1.8 cm = 3.23” × 1.81” × 0.71”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

TMB76AM7: 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: 10.5 × 6.7 × 7.5 cm = 4.13” × 2.64” × 2.95”

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

Vanadinite with Baryte

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AC97AM7: 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.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (1993)

Specimen size: 15.7 × 12.2 × 4.8 cm = 6.18” × 4.80” × 1.89”

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

Twinned Cerussite with Baryte

EA64P2: Radial twins of extraordinarily bright Cerussite crystals on a Galena matrix and with white Baryte. Radial twins are unusual in Mibladen, where the normal is the dipyramidal twin.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.69” × 1.30” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV