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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


KERROUCHEN


Kerrouchen Azurite

Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Top
Top
 

TH26G0: Magnificent doubly-terminated crystal with some minor parallel growth, on matrix. The definition of the faces is extraordinary. The specimen is from an important find made at the end of 2004.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.75”

Azurite
 

NY56M5: Parallel and floating growth of doubly terminated crystals of very well defined faces and edges and with excellent color and luster.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 510 in the volume 86, number 6, Nov/Dec 2011
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 1.14” × 0.43”

Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
 

NB56M5: Parallel and floating growth, on matrix, of doubly terminated crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with excellent color and luster.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Azurite
 

NA26F3: A complex group of prismatic crystals, typical of this locality, that is notable for the aerial form on the matrix, which gives it balance and the esthetics that make it interesting.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.77” × 1.61” × 0.91”

Azurite.
Doubly terminated Azurite
Doubly terminated Azurite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Azurite. Rear
Rear
 

TG46G2: Excellent parallel growth of numerous crystals, prismatic and doubly terminated. Another crystal perfectly terminated and in a totally eccentric position, stands on of the group.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.26” × 0.51”

Azurite
 

NJ56R4: Irregular aggregate of acute elongated crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with high translucency, a very vivid color and extraordinary luster.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 5 × 3.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.97” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39”

Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
Azurite
Azurite. Azurite.
 

NL76L7: Azurite specimen with sharp and very bright faces and edges with parallel growths. The transparency and deep blue color are visible under an intense light. The crystal has grown into a matrix vug that protects it.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

Azurite
 

NK69P2: A growth of two generations of Azurite crystals. One of them has bigger very well defined crystals of very deep, almost black color, and the second one is formed by small very acute crystals of an intense blue color and extraordinarily bright and transparent. They are on sandstone matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.83” × 1.81” × 1.34”

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

Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Side
Side
Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite.
Azurite.
 

ND47L7: A thick group of sword-shaped Azurite crystals. With good luster and with a deep blue color visible under an intense light.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 7 × 6.2 cm = 4.06” × 2.76” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.12”

Azurite
 

NC10G7: Little prisms composing a single crystal with a very sharp termination. It is bright, has an excellent color and is very well placed on the typical sandstone matrix of the deposit.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 7.5 × 7.2 cm = 4.53” × 2.95” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.87”

Azurite.
Azurite.
Azurite with Malachite after Azurite
Azurite with Malachite after Azurite.
 

NM66L7: Very aerial group of thin prismatic Azurite crystals, some of them doubly terminated. Many of the Azurite crystals have been partial or totally replaced by Malachite.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 0.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.16”

Azurite with Malachite
 

NA17L7: Azurite specimen with sharp and very bright faces and edges. The transparency and deep blue color are visible under an intense light. Crystals are very aerial and in a very esthetic shape on a matrix with small globular Malachite crystals.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.8 × 5.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.68” × 2.20”

Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.

Kerrouchen Malachite

Malachite
Malachite.
 

NM46M5: Fan-shaped growth of crystals between fibrous and acicular, on matrix. Curving of the crystals produces changes in luster and color conferring a velvet aspect to the piece.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 0.83” × 0.87”

Malachite
 

NQ16N4: Esthetic and fine fan growths of acicular crystals with color zoning and a very well marked velvet luster, on matrix.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on pages 483 and 510 in the volume 86, number 6, Nov/Dec 2011
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.54” × 1.26”

Malachite.
Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite.
 

NQ46L7: Thick Malachite crystal with multiple terminations and on matrix. A primary Azurite crystal has been totally replaced by Malachite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 191 in number 2008/3.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.67”

Malachite
 

NT46L7: Malachite radial groups formed by very thin acicular crystals, which show a very clear banded color zoning. On matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.93” × 0.98” × 0.79”

Malachite.
Malachite
Malachite.
 

NZ46L7: Radial and very thick Malachite groups formed by very thin acicular crystals, with a small matrix in the back.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.10” × 0.98”

Malachite
 

NL46M5: Fan-shaped growth of crystals between fibrous and acicular, on matrix. Curving of the crystals produces changes in luster and color conferring a velvet aspect to the piece.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.77” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.67”

Malachite.
Malachite.
Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite.
 

ND36L7: Group of divergent sword-shaped Malachite crystals pseudomorphic after Azurite. With some small Azurite crystals as a matrix. Very esthetic.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.4 ×3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.31”

Malachite
 

NP56N4: Esthetic and fine fan growths of acicular crystals with color zoning and a very well marked velvet luster, on matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.28” × 1.46” × 1.38”

Malachite.
Malachite
Malachite. Malachite.
 

NR46P9: 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: 9.7 × 8 × 5.5 cm = 3.82” × 3.15” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.75”


IMITER DISTRICT


Quartz (variety hematoide)
 

EX96AE6: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2016. Drusy growth, on matrix, of crystals with a very short, almost non-existent prism. They are extraordinarily bright and have an unusually intense and deep red color due to very fine Hematite inclusions. Among the best known, for the color, of this Quartz variety.
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 11 × 9.4 × 5 cm = 4.33” × 3.70” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

Quartz (variety hematoide). Quartz (variety hematoide).
Quartz (variety hematoide).
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
 

TX47AN2: 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: 6.7 × 6.4 × 4.2  cm = 2.64” × 2.52” × 1.65”

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

Fluorite with Baryte
 

ET98AH9: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Group of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with an intense green color and very rich with inclusions. It is from a new locality found thanks to intensive prospective works for Baryte in Morocco, in which accidentally appeared also this Fluorite. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2018 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 874 in the volume 49, number 6, in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral", number 142, page 20, and the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 35 of the 2018/02 edition.
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.7 × 7.7 cm = 3.74” × 3.43” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.89”

Fluorite with Baryte. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte. Light behind
Light behind
Proustite
Proustite. Front
Front
Proustite. Side
Side
Proustite.
 

TM26AD6: Spheroidal aggregates of short prismatic Proustite crystals that are translucent and have very well defined faces and edges.
Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01-02/2011)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.9 × 3.1 cm = 1.54” × 1.14” × 1.22”

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


Imiter Mine

Acanthite
 

EH16J7: A perfect miniature with a fine sharp octahedral crystal whose faces and edges are very much defined as usual on the samples from the locality.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.59”

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

Acanthite. Front
Front
Acanthite. Side
Side
Acanthite with Proustite
Acanthite with Proustite. Front
Front
Acanthite with Proustite. Rear
Rear
 

ML36G5: A group of octahedral crystals, very well shaped, aerial and, which is quite rare on the samples from Imiter, they are lustrous. All over the piece there are a lot of small red Proustite crystals.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.43” × 0.55”

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

Acanthite
 

MF6J7: A perfect miniature with some fine sharp octahedral crystals, one of them dominant, whose faces and edges are very much defined as usual on the samples from the locality.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.87” × 0.67”

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

Acanthite.
Acanthite
Acanthite.
 

MK56G5: A very aerial specimen, partially arborescent with crystals that are well developed. The luster of the crystals is more intense than usual.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.71” × 0.35”

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

Acanthite
 

NR56AH4: Arborescent growths, on matrix, of very sharp and bright octahedral crystals that form acute parallel alignments. A very fine sample from the Imiter area.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.46” × 0.98” × 0.43”

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

Acanthite. Acanthite.
Silver
Silver. Front
Front
Silver. Rear
Rear
Silver.
 

TV48Q0: A plate from a fissure of microcrystals with skeletal forms, on matrix. The piece is from an old find in Imiter, probably around de decade of the 90’ts and unusual as the habitual it has a crystalline aspect.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 4.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.26” × 1.02”

Silver with Calcite
 

EQ50T4: Very aerial laminar growth with very well marked clean and fresh crystalline surfaces. It is on matrix with sparry Calcite, not acid-etched.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.09” × 2.32” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.98”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver
Silver. Front
Front
Silver. Rear
Rear
Silver.
 

MA77AF2: Dendritic growth of extraordinarily elongated crystals with the very visible spinel law twins and black Acanthite surfaces. Its excellent condition of preservation in spite of the long time since it was mined (the sample is from a collection of the 80s-90s) suggests it has no embedded or interstitial mercury. It is not, then, the variety kongsbergite, the more typical Silver at this locality.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.9 × 0.6 cm = 2.28” × 1.54” × 0.24”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.43” × 0.04”

Silver
 

TP49X2: Fissure plate of micro-crystals on matrix. The sample is from an old find at Imiter, probably around the 1990'ts. Its luster and fresh aspect suggest that it has no mercury and it is native Silver and not the variety kongsbergite, very common at this locality.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 3.9 × 5.2 cm = 3.78” × 1.54” × 2.05”

Silver. Front
Front
Silver. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Rear
Rear
 

EM16W7: Very aerial laminar growth with fresh, very well marked crystalline surfaces. It is on a rocky matrix, with cleaved Calcite. Its excellent condition of conservation in spite of the long time since it was mined suggests it hasn't embedded or interstitial mercury. It is not, then, the variety kongsbergite, the more typical Silver at this locality.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 7.3 × 7 cm = 5.31” × 2.87” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 8.1 × 3.7 cm = 3.19” × 1.46”

Silver
 

TN46W5: Laminar growths of native Silver on matrix. This sample, a magnificent Moroccan classic, is preserved in mint condition in spite of the many years since its extraction, due to it’s not being combined with native Mercury (Kongsbergite), unlike what happens with the majority of the samples from Imiter.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 10 × 5.3 cm = 5.71” × 3.94” × 2.09”

Silver. Front
Front
Silver. Rear
Rear
Proustite with Siderite and Quartz
Proustite with Siderite and Quartz. Proustite with Siderite and Quartz.
 

EQ93T4: Spheroidal aggregates of very bright and very well defined crystals of Proustite that have a very deep red color. The sample has a very "fresh" appearance and it is on a matrix of Quartz and Siderite. Its quality is very high for the locality.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (03/2011)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm = 3.07” × 2.56” × 1.77”

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


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.

Cerussite with Smithsonite
 

NB36F2: The tabular form to the crystals is not common in Cerussite from Toussit. The small group of well-balanced Smithsonite adds a special touch.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.89” × 0.91” × 0.24”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Cerussite with Smithsonite. Front
Front
Cerussite with Smithsonite. Rear
Rear
Cerussite
Cerussite.
 

NE16Y6: Slightly flattened crystals on a Galena matrix. They are very bright and between transparent and translucent, being some of them doubly terminated.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1973)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 2.09” × 1.22” × 1.18”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Cerussite
 

E14QI7: Group of fine prismatic crystals on matrix, some of them doubly terminated, and they all are completely transparent and extraordinarily bright.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.34” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.20”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Cerussite. Front
Front
Cerussite. Top
Top
Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Cerussite
Cerussite. Front
Front
Cerussite. Rear
Rear
 

ND76V7: Lattice aggregate of twinned tabular shaped crystals. They are colorless, very bright and transparent, and their morphology, uncommon for Touissit Cerussite, is similar to that of Tsumeb.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.80” × 1.89” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.06”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Cerussite with Wulfenite, Dolomite and Galena
 

MRF28CD4: An interesting set of secondary lead minerals from the legendary Touissit. The matrix displays ancient molds of relict cubic Galena crystals and, thanks to an area of cementation, various secondary minerals derived from the initial lead sulfide, resulting in a partial coating of cream-colored Dolomite crystals on which whitish twinned crystals of Cerussite are intergrown with remnants of dark Galena and finally, a beautiful group of lustrous Wulfenite crystals with an intense yellowish color adorning the center of the piece, where they cover an elongated Cerussite crystal, larger and with a different habit and colour than the other crystals of Cerussite on the piece.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.91” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.31”

With analysis copy
Cerussite with Wulfenite, Dolomite and Galena. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Cerussite

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
 

MRV92CD3: One of the secondary lead compounds par excellence: Cerussite. In this specimen it appears in its maximum splendor, with very aerial and developed crystals, with a multitude of V twins and some cyclic twins. Cream tones, very lustrous and pearly, and in matrix.
The specimen comes from the famous Touissit locality, in Morocco, and stands out for its perfection, not always easy to achieve in specimens from this locality.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.52” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.47”

Twinned Cerussite
 

TY16N9: Flat twinned crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They are grayish and have an excellent luster and are on matrix. Very different from the usual Cerussite from Touissit.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1994)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 4.02” × 1.93” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Twinned Cerussite.
Twinned Cerussite. Twinned Cerussite.
Anglesite with Galena inclusions
Anglesite with Galena inclusions.
Anglesite with Galena inclusions  

EG68AA1: Aggregate of extremely sharp Anglesite crystals, translucent, very bright, and very rich with dark-gray Galena inclusions and on a matrix of granular Galena.The sample, finely mounted, is with a label of the Jacques Dayssiols collection that we will send to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 0.63”

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

Anglesite
 

ER28H1: A group of very well-defined crystals which have an uncommon habit. They have a magnificent luster, deep yellow color and abundant inclusions of Galena. Unusual and especially nice.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1996)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.8 × 2.1 cm = 2.17” × 2.28” × 0.83”

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

Anglesite. Anglesite.
Anglesite with Cerussite and Galena
Anglesite with Cerussite and Galena. Front
Front
Anglesite with Cerussite and Galena. Side
Side
Anglesite with Cerussite and Galena.
 

TK37W7: Sharp transparent crystals on a matrix of Galena that partially fills some of the Anglesite. Very bright and with an especially intense yellow color. A Moroccan classic, increasingly scarce.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1991)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 5.3 cm = 2.56” × 1.89” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.65” × 0.67”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Anglesite
 

N78DA0: Great color!
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (02/95)

Specimen size: 7 × 2.5 cm = 2.76” × 0.98”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Anglesite. Anglesite.
Wulfenite with Dolomite
Wulfenite with Dolomite.
 

EH14AM1: Floater group of very sharp tabular Wulfenite crystals, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, on a matrix of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. From a recent discovery at a classic locality.
Sidi Amer area, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2020)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.63”

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

Wulfenite with Mottramite
 

MR86AL5: Floater group of highly profiled tabular crystals rich in faces, a characteristic of Sidi Amer specimens, of a deep and uniform yellow color. A Moroccan classic.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.1 × 3 × 2.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.18” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

Wulfenite with Mottramite. Front
Front
Wulfenite with Mottramite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Top
Top
 

EY11AL3: Group of Wulfenite crystals, between tabular and lamellar, with deep growth forms, brilliant surfaces and a more intense and deep color than usual in examples from this deposit.
Shaft XI (Puit XI), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1979)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.83” × 0.79”

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

Wulfenite
 

MG96S7: Aggregate of laminar crystals whose aspect is quite different than usual on the pieces from this locality, due to its crystals overlapping to form flattened rosettes. Their yellow color is very intense and uniform.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.50” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Wulfenite.
Wulfenite with Dolomite
Wulfenite with Dolomite. Wulfenite with Dolomite.
 

EF56AM1: Floater group of tabular Wulfenite crystals, very sharp and rich in faces, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, on a Dolomite matrix. With coatings of small crystals of Mottramite. From a recent discovery at a classic locality.
Sidi Amer area, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2020)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.73” × 0.91”

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

Wulfenite
 

ND46Y6: Irregular aggregate of Wulfenite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and showing very prominent pyramidal faces. The crystals, on matrix, are very bright and have a deep, intense and uniform yellow color.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1973)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

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

MJ68AA9: Very sharp Wulfenite crystals, between laminar and tabular, translucent, bright, with an intense yellow color and quadrangular phantom growths and on a Dolomite matrix. Great classic, from a historic mine.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1981)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 4.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.38” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.75” × 0.43”

Former collection Caroline Martaud (Wulfenites)
Wulfenite with Dolomite
 

N67DAAC9: Very sharp Wulfenite crystals, between laminar and tabular, translucent, bright, with an intense yellow color and on a Dolomite matrix. A Moroccan classic, from a historic mine.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (10/1995)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.94” × 2.20” × 1.77”

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

Wulfenite with Dolomite. Wulfenite with Dolomite.
Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
 

LF66AL0: Group of tabular Wulfenite crystals, very rich in crystalline forms, with excellent luster, between yellow and orange color very vivid and uniform and more intense than that of the best known Wulfenites from Sidi Amer. From a Moroccan locality that is already a classic for Wulfenite.
This specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 860), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Shaft XI (Puit XI), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 15.4 × 10.8 × 6.4 cm = 6.06” × 4.25” × 2.52”

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

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) with Mottramite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERD47AN5: 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: 4.6 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.65” × 1.18”

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

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

FP86C6: Huge crystal size on this arsenical Vanadinite (more Arsenic than in normal Vanadinite but not enough Arsenic to make it the variety endlichite). Its color is clearer and more esthetic than the usual material. The crystals show well their morphology. Minor black Mottramite on the bottom of the crystals too.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 1.77” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.67”

Former Oliete collection. Number 210, bought in 1982
Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) with Mottramite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERB96AN5: 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: 5.4 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.89” × 1.10”

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

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

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETV68AN5: 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: 6.2 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.50” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.31”

Vanadinite (variety arsenic-bearing vanadinite) with Mottramite
 

NB26AL5: Druse, on matrix, of elongated Vanadinite crystals rich in arsenic, with curvatures, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and lighter in color than usual in this type of specimen.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.65” × 0.94”

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

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

EM96Y1: Isolated and groups of arsenian Vanadinite crystals with very well defined and slightly curved faces and edges, most of them doubly terminated. The Vanadinite crystals have an unusual tan color that contrasts nicely with the dark surface of very small Mottramite crystals coating the matrix.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 14 × 7.5 × 3.5 cm = 5.51” × 2.95” × 1.38”

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

Smithsonite
 

A26APE6: Globular Smithsonite that shows a deep color. Normally the ones from Touissit are not as good as those from Tsumeb, but this particular one is not that far off.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/96)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.7 × 5 cm = 3.74” × 3.43” × 1.97”

Smithsonite.
Smithsonite.
Smithsonite
Smithsonite. Smithsonite.
 

NF96AB5: Spheroidal growths, on matrix, of small, green and very bright Smithsonite crystals. The sample is from an old find at Touissit, where Smithsonite is an infrequent species.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 3.78” × 2.56” × 1.97”

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

Smithsonite with Cerussite
 

TB66AL5: Botryoidal growths of small, bright, yellowish Smithsonite crystals on matrix with associated small crystals of Cerussite. The specimen is from an old find in Touissit, where Smithsonite is not a very common species, although when it does appear it is usually very bright, as in this case. This specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.


Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 17.8 × 14.6 × 5.3 cm = 7.01” × 5.75” × 2.09”

Smithsonite with Cerussite. Smithsonite with Cerussite.
Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite)
Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite).
 

N8PH5: Its prismatic crystals have a perfect crystallization, but we call attention on its degree of transparency, very uncommon, on this plumbian variety of Aragonite. It’s also interesting to enhance the contrast with Limonite matrix with little acicular crystals of Malachite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis with the sample.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.14” × 1.22” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.35”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite) with Smithsonite
 

MF39AF0: Very elongated prismatic crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated. They have very well defined faces and edges, with a white color and are on matrix with small Smithsonite crystals. A classic of the most glorious Touissit epoch.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.9 × 5.3 × 3 cm = 3.90” × 2.09” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 8 × 0.7 cm = 3.15” × 0.28”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite) with Smithsonite. Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite) with Smithsonite.
Mimetite
Mimetite.
Mimetite.
 

EC6F5: Very unusual for Touissit, this Mimetite (we have analyzed it) has formed small sharp, green crystals that have created semi-spherical groups across almost the whole specimen. Where one can see the matrix it is dark, which gives the specimen a mottled appearance. We will send the purchaser a copy of the analysis.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm = 3.35” × 2.17” × 1.57”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Cuprite
 

M57AI7: Cuprite can be considered as a very rare species at Touissit. On the sample it is in small, very bright and reddish crystals on matrix.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7 × 4.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.76” × 1.69”

Cuprite. Cuprite.
Baryte
Baryte.
 

M96LH5: It is really a rare local specimen. Being a common species, Baryte is very rare in Touissit. It is a complex growth apparently forming a single crystal with smoothly curved faces and edges and slightly pinkish color. The group esthetically stands on a rocky matrix.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.5 × 5.8 cm = 4.06” × 3.74” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 10.3 × 6 cm = 4.06” × 2.36”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

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