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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


Taouz

Vanadinite with Siderite
Vanadinite with Siderite. Vanadinite with Siderite.
 

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”

Vanadinite with Siderite
 

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”

Vanadinite with Siderite. Vanadinite with Siderite.
Vanadinite with Siderite
Vanadinite with Siderite. Vanadinite with Siderite.
 

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”

Vanadinite
 

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”

Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite with Siderite
Vanadinite with Siderite. Vanadinite with Siderite.
 

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”

Vanadinite with Calcite
 

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”

Vanadinite with Calcite. Front
Front
Vanadinite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite with Calcite.
Vanadinite with Goethite
Vanadinite with Goethite. Front
Front
Vanadinite with Goethite. Side
Side
Vanadinite with Goethite.
 

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”

Quartz with Siderite
 

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”

Quartz with Siderite. Quartz with Siderite.
Quartz on Siderite
Quartz on Siderite. Quartz on Siderite.
 

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”

Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions. Front
Front
Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions. Side
Side

M'Cissi

Quartz with Azurite and Malachite
Quartz with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Quartz with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
 

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”

Azurite with Malachite and Quartz
 

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”

Azurite with Malachite and Quartz. Azurite with Malachite and Quartz.
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz. Top
Top
 

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”

Quartz with Azurite and Malachite
 

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”

Quartz with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Quartz with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
Quartz with Azurite and Malachite
Quartz with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Quartz with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
 

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”

Quartz with Malachite and Azurite
 

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”

Quartz with Malachite and Azurite. Quartz with Malachite and Azurite.
Quartz with Azurite and Malachite
Quartz with Azurite and Malachite. Quartz with Azurite and Malachite.
 

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”


Rar el Anz Chalcostibite

Chalcostibite
 

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”

Chalcostibite.
Chalcostibite with Azurite
Chalcostibite with Azurite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite. Rear
Rear
Chalcostibite with Azurite. Top
Top
Chalcostibite with Azurite  

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”

Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite
 

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”

Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Top
Top
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Close up
Close up
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
 

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”

Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite
 

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”

Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite. Top
Top

Linarite and Brochantite

A Moroccan novelty was the recent find of nice Linarite. This species is not normally found in this country and, although the crystal form is not as good as the better ones from USA, the intensity of its color and the richness makes these specimens very good.

Linarite
Linarite.
Linarite.
 

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”

Linarite with Brochantite
 

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”

Linarite with Brochantite. Linarite with Brochantite.
Brochantite with Linarite
Brochantite with Linarite.
Brochantite with Linarite.
 

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”


Quartz (Amethyst) 'hour glass'

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Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'
 

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”

Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'.
Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'
Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'.
 

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”

Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'
 

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”

Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'.
Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'
Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'.
 

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”

Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'
 

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”

Quartz (variety amethyst) 'hour glass'.

Hematite
Hematite. Front
Front
Hematite. Rear
Rear
 

EJ9K9: Nice specimen, very sharp, enlongated and extremely flattened. Faces on the dejes are well defined and have a good luster.
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2005)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.3 × 0.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.30” × 0.08”

Hematite
 

NT66AI3: Floater group of very sharp laminar crystals with very well edged parallel growths and very bright surfaces.
The sample is from the Ignacio Hernández collection (num. 106) whose original label we’ll send to the buyer.
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.9 × 0.1 cm = 2.09” × 1.14” × 0.04”

Former collection of Ignacio Hernández
Hematite. Front
Front
Hematite. Rear
Rear
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
 

EB96AH9: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces that have cubic morphology. They are translucent, with a deep violet color and partially coated by groups of white very sharp and doubly terminated Baryte crystals. It is from a new locality, found thanks to intensive prospective works for Baryte in Morocco, in which accidentally appeared also this Fluorite.
Debdou (Dabdou), Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03-06/2018)

Specimen size: 11 × 8.7 × 4.7 cm = 4.33” × 3.43” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 4.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.81”

Baryte with Fluorite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ME90AL5: Polycrystalline Fluorite growths, between translucent and transparent, of a very deep and uniform color, on matrix, with Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, very sharp and that miraculously have survived the extraction conditions.
Debdou (Dabdou), Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (09/2018)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.2 × 8.7 cm = 4.88” × 3.23” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.61”

Baryte with Fluorite. Front
Front
Baryte with Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Fluorite.
Prehnite with Epidote and Quartz
Prehnite with Epidote and Quartz.
 

E16BK9: Globular growth of well defined faces, showing a deep green color. With small Quartz crystals on matrix.
Jebel Melh, Bou Arfa, Figuig Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (2000)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.05” × 1.50”

Prehnite with Quartz
 

ED37X4: Spheroidal aggregates of crystals with good terminations, a clear and uniform green color and good luster, and on matrix with small Quartz crystals. It is currently difficult to obtain good samples from this mine, as it is actually abandoned.
Jebel Melh, Bou Arfa, Figuig Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05/1999)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.82” × 2.64” × 1.77”

Prehnite with Quartz.
Prehnite
Prehnite. Prehnite.
 

AB6H5: The sample is very intense green and forms globular growths consisting of prismatic crystals of simple forms and very well defined. Actually disappeared from the market, it is difficult to obtain good Prehnite from this locality.
Jebel Melh, Bou Arfa, Figuig Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1995)

Specimen size: 11 × 7 × 6.3 cm = 4.33” × 2.76” × 2.48”

Quartz with Chlorite inclusions

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFG48AP3: Floater group of very sharp Quartz crystals on matrix, with a very flattened habit and most of them doubly terminated. They display parallel growths, are very lustrous and transparent, with aesthetic and easily visible dendritic Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.3 × 3.7 cm = 4.02” × 3.66” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.50”

Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Front
Front
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Side
Side
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EBF37AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.3 × 5.3 cm = 4.49” × 3.66” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 5.4 cm = 2.48” × 2.13”

Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EBC94AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 9.6 × 9.4 cm = 4.92” × 3.78” × 3.70”

Main crystal size: 10 × 6 cm = 3.94” × 2.36”

Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFA48AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 6.4 × 6.6 cm = 5.83” × 2.52” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.02”

Quartz with Chlorite inclusions

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EBE91AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 18 × 10.6 × 7.1 cm = 7.09” × 4.17” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 9 × 3 cm = 3.54” × 1.18”

Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
 

GY86AK2: A rarity for this locality, in which well crystallized, high quality Fluorite is not common. Continuous crust on matrix, of crystals of cubic habit with polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, and of an intense yellow color with slight violet tones in some areas. A Moroccan classic that was in the Casado Margolles collection (reg. FRM183), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Melaab, Goulmima Cercle, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2007)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 7.4 × 1.6 cm = 4.80” × 2.91” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Casado Margolles
Quartz
 

EF7AL6: A novelty after the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual Show. Scepter growth of a doubly terminated, transparent, very shiny Quartz crystal with inclusions, on a parallel growth of flattened and doubly terminated crystals. Very different from what is known to date from this area.
Jebel Gaïz, Alnif Comunne, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 4.02” × 1.30” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.69”

Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Rear
Rear
Quartz. Side
Side
Quartz (variety faden quartz)
Quartz (variety faden quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety faden quartz). Rear
Rear
 

ED56AL6: A novelty after the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual Show. Scepter growth of a pineapple-like growth of very defined Quartz crystals, totally or partially doubly terminated, with good luster and transparency and a clear faden line inside. Very different from what was known to date from the area.
Jebel Gaïz, Alnif Comunne, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2020)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm = 4.02” × 1.38” × 1.26”

Quartz (variety red quartz)
 

TV47AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Quite different from other Quartz samples previously collected at the same area by its morphology, with a wide development of one of the pyramidal faces and by the Hematite distribution, both as coatings and as inclusions that occupy most of the Quartz crystal’s interior and by a second generation of small crystals.
Toufassmame (Izizauen), Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 1.8 cm = 2.48” × 0.71”

Quartz (variety red quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety red quartz). Rear
Rear
Quartz (variety red quartz)
Quartz (variety red quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety red quartz). Side
Side
 

TK67AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Quite different from other Quartz samples previously collected at the same area by its morphology, forming a parallel growth of very thick crystals and by the Hematite, both as fine coatings and as inclusions that occupy part of the Quartz crystal’s interior.
Toufassmame (Izizauen), Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6 × 5.9 cm = 4.21” × 2.36” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 4.6 cm = 3.46” × 1.81”

Quartz (variety red quartz)
 

TC89AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Quite different from other Quartz samples previously collected at the same area by its morphology, with a very wide growth of one of the pyramidal and two parallel prismatic faces, and by the Hematite, both as fine coatings and as inclusions that occupy part of the Quartz crystal’s interior.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2015 Tucson Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 03/2015, page 27 and in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 456, volume 46, number 3
Toufassmame (Izizauen), Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 10.9 × 10.6 × 6 cm = 4.29” × 4.17” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 0.9 cm = 2.13” × 0.35”

Quartz (variety red quartz). Quartz (variety red quartz).
Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite.
 

E1EA0: Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite.
Tadamout, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1999)

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

Fluorite with Quartz
 

EB49AE4: Aggregate of very sharp cubes of Fluorite that are translucent, with an intense yellow color and partially coated by small reddish Quartz crystals. A sample that is different from those previously known at this locality.
Chebka Sidi Said, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2016)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 4.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.65” × 1.81”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear

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EMR14AO8: A novelty from Sainte-Marie 2022: From a Moroccan locality about which nothing was known before, and very different from the vanadinites known to date. They form groups of doubly terminated crystals with very deeply hoppered faces and groups of very fine acicular crystals, with good luster and dominant brownish-yellowish tones, with golden reflections and geometric color zoning.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.9 × 2,3 cm = 1.65” × 1.14” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.16”

With analysis copy
Vanadinite

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EGR66AO8: A novelty from Sainte-Marie 2022: From a Moroccan locality about which nothing was known before, and very different from the vanadinites known to date. They form groups of doubly terminated crystals with very deeply hoppered faces and groups of very fine acicular crystals, with good luster and dominant brownish-yellowish tones, with golden reflections and geometric color zoning.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.3 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.30” × 0.83”

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

With analysis copy
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFB86AO8: A novelty from Sainte-Marie 2022: From a Moroccan locality about which nothing was known before, and very different from the vanadinites known to date. They form groups of doubly terminated crystals with very deeply hoppered faces and groups of very fine acicular crystals, with good luster and dominant brownish-yellowish tones, with golden reflections and geometric color zoning.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.56” × 2.13” × 0.87”

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

With analysis copy
Vanadinite

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EXM47AO8: A novelty from Sainte-Marie 2022: From a Moroccan locality about which nothing was known before, and very different from the vanadinites known to date. They form groups of doubly terminated crystals with very deeply hoppered faces and groups of very fine acicular crystals, with good luster and dominant brownish-yellowish tones, with golden reflections and geometric color zoning.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2022 Sainte-Marie Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 7-8/2022, page 69
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.87” × 2.05” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.04”

With analysis copy
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EGG87AO8: A novelty from Sainte-Marie 2022: From a Moroccan locality about which nothing was known before, and very different from the vanadinites known to date. They form groups of doubly terminated crystals with very deeply hoppered faces and groups of very fine acicular crystals, with good luster and dominant brownish-yellowish tones, with golden reflections and geometric color zoning.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.2 × 6.2 cm = 2.87” × 2.44” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.08”

With analysis copy
Vanadinite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERF51AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
From a Moroccan locality about which we had no information and very different from the vanadinites known to date, with centered groups of very fine acicular crystals, with good luster and dominant yellowish brown tones, golden reflections and geometric color zoning.
The specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2022, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 166, July-August 2022, page 42
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 6 × 3.4 cm = 4.61” × 2.36” × 1.34”

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

With analysis copy
Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Side
Side
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite.
Aragonite
Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Rear
Rear
Aragonite. Side
Side

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EXB96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group on matrix of Aragonite crystals, prismatic, very elongated, doubly terminated, transparent, shiny and colorless.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 662 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 0.9 cm = 1.22” × 0.35”

Aragonite

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EGG56AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group on matrix of very elongated prismatic Aragonite crystals, doubly terminated, translucent, shiny and colorless.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 2 cm = 2.09” × 1.57” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 0.8 cm = 2.09” × 0.31”

Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)
Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Rear
Rear
Aragonite
Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EPE17AP2: Elongated Aragonite crystals, most of them transparent and lustrous, radially arranged around a little rock matrix. Almost entirely colorless, but some of the crystals have a small yellowish coating on the terminations of the crystals.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.9 × 5 cm = 2.44” × 2.32” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.22” × 0.28”

Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte

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TL96AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 8.7 × 5.9 cm = 4.25” × 3.43” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.79”

Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte.
Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte. micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
micro photo: Dr. César Menor-Salván
Fluorite
Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Side
Side
 

MT96AI8: A novelty at Munich 2018. Aggregate of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with an intense yellow color and with white inclusions at the center of the faces. The sample is from a very recent find at the Sidi Ayad area.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.87” × 2.05” × 1.73”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz
 

EF56W8: Druse of transparent cubic crystals. They have an intense yellow color and are more isolated and aerial than is usual with most of the samples from the locality. We especially note the contrast between the yellow color of the crystals and the orange tone of the inclusions in the Quartz matrix.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.4 × 1.8 cm = 3.39” × 2.13” × 0.71”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz and iron oxides
Fluorite with Quartz and iron oxides. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite with Quartz and iron oxides. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite with Quartz and iron oxides. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MTD72AO0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, with partial coatings of Quartz microcrystals with yellow tints, most likely iron oxides, and which, unlike what is usual, in this case embellish the piece by profiling its crystals with shades of intense yellow. Very different from those previously found at this locality.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 14.9 × 13.6 × 4.5 cm = 5.87” × 5.35” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

Malachite-Azurite on Fluorite
 

CB68D4: Colorful combination of Malachite-Azurite covering Fluorite. From this locality a few not that bad yellow Fluorites have come onto the market from time to time. But once in a while they are covered by Malachite-Azurite, as this case, and even more exceptionally, the whole specimen is as esthetic as this one.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (±1995)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8 × 3.5 cm = 4.53” × 3.15” × 1.38”

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

Malachite-Azurite on Fluorite. Malachite-Azurite on Fluorite.
Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite
Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite. Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite.
 

EL27AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Matrix group of Ullmannite crystals of cubic habit, with well defined faces and edges, of considerably large size for the species and with small interstitial coatings of nickel salts. As is inevitable with this type of crystals included in the interior of a Calcite matrix, it has been partially acid-etched. The specimen, which comes from a new Moroccan locality for which at the moment we only know the region, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.8 × 3.1 cm = 1.77” × 1.10” × 1.22”

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

Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite
 

EG50AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Large isolated crystal of Ullmannite with a cubic habit, with sharp faces and edges, of very considerable size for the species and with small interstitial coatings of nickel salts that also partially cover the crystal faces. As is inevitable with these types of crystals included within a Calcite matrix, it has been partially acid-etched. The specimen, which comes from a new Moroccan locality for which at the moment we only know the region, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.2 × 6.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.83” × 2.72”

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

Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite. Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite.
Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite.
Calcite with Siderite and Quartz
Calcite with Siderite and Quartz.
 

CF9G2: Esthetic growth of tabular crystals with rhombohedral terminations. The Calcite has grown on a matrix of Siderite rhombohedra and Quartz prisms. Very original and different from most Calcites and from a locality not previously known for its minerals.
Iouriren Mine (AGM Mine), Akka, Tafraout, Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.2 × 4.5 cm = 1.50” × 0.87” × 1.77”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Dolomite with Quartz and Epidote
 

MTR47CD4: Dolomite crystals, two of them clearly dominant and with very marked rhombohedral forms, rough faces and sharp edges, partially covered by small lustrous, silky-looking Calcite crystals and groups of water-clear doubly terminated Quartz crystals forming parallel groups, and with small crystals of intense green Epidote at the base of the specimen. Very unusual for the locality.
Iouriren Mine (AGM Mine), Akka, Tafraout, Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 10.1 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm = 3.98” × 2.87” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.46”


Recorded under neon light
Pyrite with Quartz
Pyrite with Quartz.
 

MY57P9: The locality of origin is a gold mine that produces few samples for collectors. In this case the Pyrite forms a very aerial group of cubic crystals with polycrystalline growths on a group of doubly terminated crystals of Quartz.
Iouriren Mine (AGM Mine), Akka, Tafraout, Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.38” × 0.91”

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

Faden Quartz with Epidote
 

NP26F7: A fan of Quartz crystals. With them there are small crystals of Epidote. In fact the structure is very interesting, it is a 'faden' Quartz that has suffered some form of stretching. The result is that one can see a clearly curved crystal near the base. It comes from Morocco, but looks alpine.
Iouriren Mine (AGM Mine), Akka, Tafraout, Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.3 × 4 cm = 3.43” × 2.87” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.77” × 0.59”

Faden Quartz with Epidote.
Quartz with Siderite
Quartz with Siderite. Front
Front
Quartz with Siderite. Side
Side
Quartz with Siderite. Rear
Rear
Quartz with Siderite. Close-up
Close-up

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

LF54AK2: Parallel aggregates of lustrous cream-colored rhombic crystals of Siderite with polycrystalline surfaces on their faces, with slight curvatures on the edges, implanted on a group of colorless transparent Quartz crystals. The specimen, of the best quality known from this mine, comes from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 414), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Iouriren Mine (AGM Mine), Akka, Tafraout, Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 13.4 × 7.4 × 5.1 cm = 5.28” × 2.91” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 2.4 cm = 2.17” × 0.94”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Pyrolusite
 

N8LI7: Radial groups of very bright acicular crystals of Manganite partially transformed in Pyrolusite (analyzed), that contrast with a matrix of clearer shades.
Imini area, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.2 × 2.3 cm = 3.31” × 2.05” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.04”

Pyrolusite.
Baryte
Baryte.
 

S208SA0: Baryte on Quartz with Goethite inclusions. Well known for their great specimens of Goethite on Quartz these quarries also produce nice Baryte!
Tizirine, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.5 cm = 2.56” × 2.17”

Fluorescent short UV
Aragonite and Goethite on Quartz
 

ND13V7: Radial sprays of very thin white, acicular crystals of Aragonite filling a cavity in Quartz with very bright black crystals, also acicular, of Goethite.
Tizirine, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 3.31” × 1.97” × 1.26”

Aragonite very fluorescent long & short UV
Aragonite and Goethite on Quartz. Aragonite and Goethite on Quartz.
Quartz (variety amethyst) after Fluorite
Quartz (variety amethyst) after Fluorite.

Recorded under neon light
 

MTX56CD1: In Sidi Rahal, these Quartz crystal growths (amethyst variety) that replace the walls of cubic Fluorite crystals, have slightly amethyst color tones, which is why this specimen is so unusual. Its intense color, equivalent to that of the amethysts from Brazil, gives this specimen a very high level of quality.
The Magazines ‘Lapis‘ and Le Règne Minéral‘ know this, and that is why they both reviewed it as a novelty for Munich 2023. Lapis on page 40 of their edition 12/ 2023 and Le Règne Minéral in its number 174/2023, page 25
Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco (01/2023)

Specimen size: 18.4 × 18.2 × 8 cm = 7.24” × 7.17” × 3.15”

Main crystal size: 13 × 11 cm = 5.12” × 4.33”

Quartz on Goethite with Quartz
 

HGB96CD2: Druse of Quartz crystals with acicular Goethite crystals, partially coated by a second generation of transparent Quartz, very shiny, and forming growths between stalagmitic and globular, completely hyaline.
This type of formation in the goethites of Sidi Rahal is rarely seen, and it has been seen in old or very old pieces like this one.
Sidi Rahal, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.2 × 5.8 cm = 3.03” × 2.44” × 2.28”

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


Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Quartz on Goethite with Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Grossular on Quartz
Grossular on Quartz.
Grossular on Quartz  

T87BDH5: The locality is not well known. Crystals are dodecahedrons with well-defined faces and edges contrasting with the matrix of white Quartz where they growth.
The specimen is with an old label of R.F. Denicourt collection.
Sidi Bou Othmane, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 4.1 cm = 2.17” × 1.38” × 1.61”

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

Prehnite
 

MZ11J2: Group of prismatic crystals of excellent definition, uncommon for the species.
Guercif, Guercif Ben Hadine Province, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate  Morocco (10/2002)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.12”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Prehnite.
Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Quartz (variety chalcedony). Front
Front
Quartz (variety chalcedony). Rear
Rear
 

EP61AE1: A floater nodule with blackish spheroidal forms and whitish areas with some visible crystalline forms. The sample, a silicified fossil sponge, mainly retains the original morphology of this biological specimen.
Smara  Morocco (Western Sahara) (2016)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.09” × 2.05” × 1.85”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Quartz (variety chalcedony)
 

ER62AE1: A floater nodule with blackish spheroidal forms and whitish areas with some visible crystalline forms. The nodule is a result of sponge silica fossilization.
Smara  Morocco (Western Sahara) (2016)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.93” × 2.20”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Quartz (variety chalcedony). Front
Front
Quartz (variety chalcedony). Rear
Rear
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Rear
Rear
 

TK47AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Growth of fine Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with a very intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.55”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
 

TC87AN2: Growth of fine crystals of Elbaite (variety rubellite) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.02” × 0.94”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Rear
Rear
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Rear
Rear
 

TG28AN2: Growth of fine crystals of Elbaite (variety rubellite) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.91” × 1.06”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
 

TA98AN2: Growth of fine crystals of Elbaite (variety rubellite) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 2 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 0.79”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Rear
Rear
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Side
Side
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Rear
Rear
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Top
Top

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TW27AN2: Group of Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) of good size that form an aggregate with a so-called "mushroom" habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area. Exceptional!
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4 × 4.5 cm = 2.83” × 1.57” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.34”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EXL69AO7: One more example of the quality of the Elbaites (variety rubellite) from Beni Bouzra. Very intense color and good definition of the crystal, translucent. Rehealed at the base, with good terminations and with white Microcline.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2022, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 166, July-August 2022, page 51
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.59”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite). Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite). Top
Top
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite). Rear
Rear
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EBA96AP3: Elbaite-Schorl series crystal with well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, shiny, with geometric color zoning dominated by an intense pink, with yellow tones in the termination. It is on matrix, with Microcline crystals. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 1.18” × 0.94”

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

With analysis copy

Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Microcline

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MRB26AN9: Very aerial Elbaite-Schorl (Series) crystal with defined faces and edges and a pinacoidal termination, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a dominant intense pink color along with yellow tones in the heart of the crystal. It is on matrix, with Microcline and Quartz crystals.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.16”

Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Microcline. Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Microcline.
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline

 

TXL50ASN1: An Elbaite-Schorl (Tourmaline) crystal with very defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, shiny, with dominant brown-yellowish tones and a terminal geometric black zone popularly known as a "black cap."
It is set in a white Microcline matrix, providing a clear color contrast, and where the very aerial crystal is naturally placed.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.8 × 4.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.50” × 1.69” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1 cm = 1.57” × 0.39”

Elbaite-Schorl (variety rubellite) with Microcline and Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MFB67AO0: Elbaite-Schorl crystal (rubellite variety) with well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and a dominant intense pink color, and yellow tones in the heart of the crystal. On matrix, with Microcline and Quartz crystals. Microcline partially covers the upper termination of the crystal.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2022, page 77
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6 × 3 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.18” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.55”

Elbaite-Schorl (variety rubellite) with Microcline and Quartz. Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl (variety rubellite) with Microcline and Quartz. Side
Side
Elbaite-Schorl (variety rubellite) with Microcline and Quartz.
Elbaite-Schorl Series with Feldspar and Quartz
Elbaite-Schorl Series with Feldspar and Quartz. Elbaite-Schorl Series with Feldspar and Quartz.
 

EG29AM1: Partial novelty for the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Elbaite crystals with well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with good luster, and a yellow prism with greenish tones and a black geometric rhombohedral terminal zone popularly known as a “Black Cap”. On matrix, with Quartz and Feldspar crystals. The locality name differs from what has been given so far for similar specimens, and we do not know whether there are in fact two different localities or not.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (04/2020)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 7.1 × 5 cm = 2.80” × 2.80” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”

Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)
Elbaite-Schorl Series with Feldspar and Quartz
 

EX87AM1: Partial novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Elongated Elbaite crystal with a scepter growth at the base and polycrystalline upper termination, between transparent and translucent, with dominant golden and bronze tones and geometric color zoning. On matrix, with Feldspar and Quartz crystals. The locality name differs from what has been given so far for similar specimens, and we do not know whether there are in fact two different localities or not.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (04/2020)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 7.6 × 5.8 cm = 4.06” × 2.99” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.24”

Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)
Elbaite-Schorl Series with Feldspar and Quartz. Front
Front
Elbaite-Schorl Series with Feldspar and Quartz. Detail
Detail
Elbaite-Schorl Series with Feldspar and Quartz. Light behind
Light behind
Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite
Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite.
 

ED47AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Matrix group of Ullmannite crystals of cubic habit, with well defined faces and edges, of considerably large size for the species and with small interstitial coatings of nickel salts. As is inevitable with this type of crystals included in the interior of a Calcite matrix, it has been partially acid-etched. The specimen, which comes from a new Moroccan locality for which at the moment we only know the region, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.06” × 1.10”

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

Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite
 

EF49AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Matrix group of Ullmannite crystals of cubic habit, with well defined faces and edges, of considerably large size for the species and with small interstitial coatings of nickel salts. As is inevitable with this type of crystals included in the interior of a Calcite matrix, it has been partially acid-etched. The specimen, which comes from a new Moroccan locality for which at the moment we only know the region, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.6 × 3.8 cm = 3.46” × 2.20” × 1.50”

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

Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite. Ullmannite (As-bearing) with Calcite.

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