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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


Cobaltoan Calcite

Cobaltoan Calcite
Cobaltoan Calcite.
 

TQ16L0: A group of scalenohedral crystals, very acute and very rich in accessory faces. Really good transparency, perfect brilliance and intense pink to mauve color.
Ightem Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Cobaltoan Calcite
 

TV96H7: Group of rhombohedral crystals with curved faces and edges. The luster is excellent but the mauve color is extraordinary, very deep and with beautiful shades and reflections.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2006)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.50” × 1.38” × 0.63”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Cobaltoan Calcite.
Cobaltoan Calcite
Cobaltoan Calcite.
 

EP47D3: Just as good as the photo suggests. Intense pink color, huge crystals and an agreeable form. Definitive!
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.3 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.30” × 1.42”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Cobaltoan Calcite
 

EA76AB7: Aggregate, on matrix, of rhombohedral crystals with curved faces and edges. The luster is excellent but the mauve color is extraordinary, very intense and with beautiful shades and reflections.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.94” × 2.44” × 1.69”

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

Cobaltoan Calcite. Cobaltoan Calcite.
Cobaltoan Calcite
Cobaltoan Calcite. Cobaltoan Calcite.
 

EZ6Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013 (because of the scalenohedral crystals). Druse, on matrix, of very acute scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral terminations. They are between transparent and translucent and have a color between deep pink and mauve, with a second generation of crystals with the same morphology, but with orange shades.
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.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.5 × 5.2 cm = 3.07” × 2.95” × 2.05”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Cobaltoan Calcite
 

EA14T0: The sample shows two different generations of cobaltoan Calcite, one of them with crystals having a very short prism with rhombohedral terminations and stalagmitic growths, and a second in which the crystals are slightly clear very well defined rhombohedrons with polycrystalline growths on their faces. The color is very intense and the crystals have small black inclusions.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.9 × 4.1 cm = 3.23” × 2.72” × 1.61”

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

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Cobaltoan Calcite.
Cobaltoan Calcite
Cobaltoan Calcite. Cobaltoan Calcite.
 

EB86Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013 (because of the scalenohedral crystals). Aggregate, on Quartz matrix, of very acute scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral terminations. They are between transparent and translucent and have a color between deep pink and mauve, with a second generation of crystals with the same morphology, but with orange shades.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.6 × 5.2 cm = 4.25” × 2.99” × 2.05”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Roselite

Roselite
 

EZ76E6: A fine lacework of crystals of Roselite. The crystals are not large but the beauty...
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.26” × 0.87”

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

Roselite.
Roselite.
Roselite on Calcite
Roselite on Calcite.
Roselite on Calcite.
 

EB14F5: There is matrix and a group of Calcite crystals on which there are pleasingly pink-red crystals of Roselite that have complex forms, which give them a striated look.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.18”

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

Calcite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Roselite with Calcite
 

CE46G1: A nice miniature in which coexist the two typical habits of the Roselites from Bou Azzer. On the upper part a dense druse with very intense color and on the front part are a lot of individuals on Calcite, some of them doubly terminated and showing their transparency.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.20” × 1.77” × 1.18”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Roselite with Calcite.
Roselite with Calcite.
Mg-rich Roselite on Dolomite
Mg-rich Roselite on Dolomite. Mg-rich Roselite on Dolomite.
 

EA30AA4: Isolated crystals of magnesian Roselite, some of them doubly terminated. They are translucent, very well defined, have a very intense, deep and uniform color and are on matrix, with Dolomite. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6 × 3.7 cm = 2.44” × 2.36” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

Mg-rich Roselite with Cu-rich Cobaltaustinite and Cobaltlotharmeyerite on Dolomite
 

ER27AA4: Isolated crystals of magnesian Roselite. They are very well defined, translucent, have a very intense, deep and uniform color and are on matrix with Dolomite, Calcite, dark spheroidal aggregates of cuprian Cobaltaustinite and small isolated crystals of Cobaltlotharmeyerite. The magnesian Roselite, the cuprian Cobaltaustinite and the Cobaltlotharmeyerite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.2 × 6.3 cm = 2.99” × 2.44” × 2.48”

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

Mg-rich Roselite with Cu-rich Cobaltaustinite and Cobaltlotharmeyerite on Dolomite. Mg-rich Roselite with Cu-rich Cobaltaustinite and Cobaltlotharmeyerite on Dolomite.
Mg-rich Roselite with Cu-rich Cobaltaustinite and Cobaltlotharmeyerite on Dolomite.

Anorthoroselite

Anorthoroselite with Dolomite
Anorthoroselite with Dolomite.
Anorthoroselite with Dolomite.
 

EV56K1: This very esthetic specimen has two concentrations of Anorthoroselite crystals. They are very well defined and have a magnificent luster and an excellent, very deep, color. They are on a matrix of pink Dolomite crystals.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2007)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.81” × 1.06” × 1.22”

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

Anorthoroselite with Calcite
 

EZ96AE2: Rosette growths of transparent and very bright tabular crystals that have a very vivid and deep color. They are on matrix, with small Calcite crystals. The simple has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2016)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.50” × 1.73”

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

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Anorthoroselite with Calcite. Anorthoroselite with Calcite.
Anorthoroselite with Calcite
Anorthoroselite with Calcite. Anorthoroselite with Calcite.
 

EM47T8: Druse of crystals with an unusual morphology for Anorthoroselite, with lenticular crystals that show a very deep color and are on a matrix of cobaltoan Calcite. The sample has been accurately analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2011)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.65” × 1.34”

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


Wendwilsonite

Wendwilsonite with Calcite and Cobaltaustinite
 

MA27Z4: Transparent and very bright Wendwilsonite crystals on a Calcite matrix partially coated by aggregates of small green Cobaltaustinite crystals. The Wendwilsonite crystals have a deep mauve color, and have polycrystalline growths and curved faces and edges. The analysis of the sample shows that it is very pure Wendwilsonite. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.18”

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

Wendwilsonite with Calcite and Cobaltaustinite. Wendwilsonite with Calcite and Cobaltaustinite.
Wendwilsonite with Calcite
Wendwilsonite with Calcite. Wendwilsonite with Calcite.
 

EK37AA3: Very sharp, transparent and bright crystals, with a very intense and uniform color, on matrix, with small, very acute, scalenohedral Calcite crystals. This sample was found some years ago and it is different from the most recently collected samples. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 2 cm = 1.77” × 1.42” × 0.79”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Wendwilsonite with Calcite
 

ME87Z4: Transparent and very bright Wendwilsonite crystals on a Calcite matrix partially coated by yellow small scalenohedral crystals. The Wendwilsonite crystals have a deep mauve color, and have polycrystalline growths and curved faces and edges. The analysis of the sample shows that it is very pure Wendwilsonite. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.81” × 1.46” × 0.83”

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

Wendwilsonite with Calcite. Wendwilsonite with Calcite.
Wendwilsonite with Calcite
Wendwilsonite with Calcite. Wendwilsonite with Calcite.
 

MV66AC8: Very elongated, transparent and bright Wendwilsonite crystals. They have a very intense and uniform color and are on a rocky matrix partially coated by very acute, transparent, bright and slightly pinkish scalenohedral Calcite crystals. We'll send copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.28” × 1.97” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

Calcite fluorescent short UV

Talmessite

Talmessite with Calcite
 

EM97K3: Spheroidal aggregates of crystals of slightly curved faces and edges. Color and luster are magnificent for the species and contrast on a base of small slightly pink crystals of Calcite, on matrix. We analyzed the specimen and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2007)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.09” × 2.32” × 1.61”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Talmessite with Calcite. Talmessite with Calcite.

IMILCHIL


Magnetite
Magnetite.
Magnetite  

MQ11X3: Irregular aggregate, on matrix, of very sharp octahedral crystals, very well defined and extraordinarily bright. The sample is from John. S. White (num. 21-9-6), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2011)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.01” × 1.10” × 0.87”

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

Magnetite
 

ND36AK8: Very aerial aggregate of sharp and shiny octahedral Magnetite crystals on matrix.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.18” × 1.30”

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

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

TJ46AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Octahedral crystals of Magnetite (titanium-rich variety) in parallel growths and with an aggregate habit that suggests they represent a pseudomorph after an Ilmenite crystal. The lustrous Magnetite crystals show fine growth lines and are partially covered by Microcline and Quartz crystals. Both the Magnetite and the Microcline have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.18” × 0.67”

Microcline fluorescent short UV
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz
 

TB87AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Druse of octahedral crystals of Magnetite (titanium-rich variety) in parallel growths and with an aggregate habit that suggests they represent a pseudomorph after an Ilmenite crystal. The lustrous Magnetite crystals with fine growth striations are partially covered by Microcline and Quartz crystals. Both the Magnetite and the Microcline have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 0.79”

Microcline fluorescent short UV
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Front
Front
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Front
Front
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz.
 

TE17AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Druse of octahedral crystals of Magnetite (titanium-rich variety) in parallel growths and with an aggregate habit that suggests they represent a pseudomorph after an Ilmenite crystal. The lustrous Magnetite crystals with fine growth striations are partially covered by Microcline and Quartz crystals. Both the Magnetite and the Microcline have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.17” × 1.26”

Microcline fluorescent short UV
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz
 

TA86AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Druse of octahedral crystals of Magnetite (titanium-rich variety) in parallel growths and with an aggregate habit that suggests they represent a pseudomorph after an Ilmenite crystal. The Magnetite crystals are lustrous, with fine growth striations, partially covered by Quartz crystals. The Magnetite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.05” × 1.30”

Microcline fluorescent short UV
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Front
Front
Magnetite (variety Ti-bearing) with Microcline and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Doubly terminated Fluorapatite
Doubly terminated Fluorapatite.
 

TT14G9: We note that it is a doubly terminated crystal, a very rare occurrence on samples from Imilchil. Both color and luster are excellent and also the definition of the faces and the edges, absolutely undamaged.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.47” × 0.35”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorapatite with Feldspar
 

ET46R3: Crystal of very well defined faces and edges, with excellent yellow color and luster, with associated crystals of feldspar and on matrix, which is uncommon for these Fluorapatites from Imilchil.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.35”

Fluorapatite with Feldspar.
Fluorapatite
Fluorapatite. Front
Front
Fluorapatite. Rear
Rear
 

TR27R9: Prismatic crystal with very well defined faces and edges and a neat termination with a pyramid and a small pinacoidal face. The crystal has a vivid yellow color and an intense luster.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Fluorapatite with feldspar
 

ER46Y2: Two Fluorapatite crystals, one of them doubly terminated, formed by the hexagonal prism and a dipyramid. They are on a matrix of feldspar crystals, probably Microcline.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2013 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 112, page 13
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2013)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm = 2.36” × 2.17” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.35”

Fluorapatite with feldspar. Front
Front
Fluorapatite with feldspar. Top
Top
Fluorapatite with feldspar.
Fluorapatite con Prehnite
Fluorapatite con Prehnite.
 

MC27AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Elongated Fluorapatite crystal on a Prehnite matrix, translucent with a very bright upper pinacoid and the lower part recrystallized. The crystal, that closely resembles a Tourmaline because it is polychromic, mainly pink, in different shades and with a green termination.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a Munich 2017 new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 335 in the volume 49, number 2
Anemzi, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2017)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.35”

Fluorescent short UV
Fluorapatite with Prehnite
 

MZ98AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Elongated Fluorapatite crystal, translucent, with a very bright upper pinacoid and the lower part recrystallized and with a seam of growth at the middle of the prism. The crystal has an unusual genesis, being in a micro-crystalline Prehnite nodule. Another aspect to note, it closely remains a Tourmaline because it is polychromic, mainly pink and with a green termination.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a Munich 2017 new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 335 in the volume 49, number 2
Anemzi, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2017)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 4.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.43”

Fluorescent short UV
Fluorapatite with Prehnite. Fluorapatite with Prehnite.
Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca
Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca. Front
Front
Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca. Rear
Rear
 

EM14Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013 (for the association with Stilbite-Ca). Two isolated Fluorapatite crystals, both partially doubly terminated, with flat terminations, on matrix and partially coated by small Stilbite-Ca crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2013)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 2.9 cm = 2.36” × 1.85” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca
 

EQ14Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013 (because of the association with Stilbite-Ca). Fluorapatite crystals, the main one partially doubly terminated, with flat terminations, on matrix and partially coated by small Stilbite-Ca crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2013)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4 × 3.9 cm = 2.72” × 1.57” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.55”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca. Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca.
Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca and Arfvedsonite
Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca and Arfvedsonite. Fluorapatite with Stilbite-Ca and Arfvedsonite.
 

EG96Z5: Yellow Fluorapatite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, formed by a single prism and the terminal pinacoid. They are on matrix, with small “bow tie” Stilbite-Ca aggregates and Arfvedsonite crystals, one of them doubly terminated. The main Arfvedsonite crystal has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2013)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.4 × 6.3 cm = 3.78” × 2.52” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.71”

Fluorescent short UV
Analcime with Prehnite, Actinolite and Ferro-actinolite
 

EM26AH9: Radial group of white sharp Prehnite crystals with fibrous aggregates of Actinolite and Ferro-actinolite intergrowths and partially coated by snowy white trapezohedral Analcime crystals with very well defined faces and edges. The Prehnite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 36 of the 2018/02 edition.
Anemzi, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.8 × 4 cm = 2.32” × 1.89” × 1.57”

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

Analcime with Prehnite, Actinolite and Ferro-actinolite. Analcime with Prehnite, Actinolite and Ferro-actinolite.
Titanite with Feldspar
Titanite with Feldspar. Front
Front
Titanite with Feldspar. Side
Side
 

EM6J8: Typical crystals from Imilchil, of very bright and well defined faces and edges and a color between green and yellow, on Feldspar matrix.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (03/2006)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 4.3 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 1.69”

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

Titanite with Feldspar
 

ER46J8: The new Titanite from Imilchil. A flat dark brown transparent crystal of perfectly defined faces and edges. The matrix is a group of very well defined Feldspar crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2007 Ste Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 76, page 23.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (03/2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.38” × 1.30”

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

Titanite with Feldspar.
Titanite with Albite
Titanite with Albite. Titanite with Albite.
 

EP14J8: The new Titanite from Imilchil, with darker brown crystals, very acute and extraordinarily bright, transparent and on Albite matrix with small acicular crystals of Epidote.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2007’ section of the magazine ‘Lapis’ and appears on page 8 of number 9/2007.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (03/2006)

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

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

Titanite with Feldspar
 

CV96F9: A very attractive novelty from the prolific zone of Imilchil. The crystal profile is very different from the other classic localities of Switzerland or Pakistan. The forms are simple, not twinned, and the color and brightness are excellent. The specimen is a floater and its back side is covered by white crystals of feldspar, probably Albite.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm = 2.56” × 1.38” × 0.79”

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

Feldspar fluorescent short UV
Titanite with Feldspar.
Titanite with Feldspar.
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline. Front
Front
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline. Rear
Rear
 

EB46AD7: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Characteristically platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contour and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile, coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under led light but is greenish with natural or neon light.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions (by example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. These samples, very different from the Titanite previously known at Imilchil, have required a hurried analytical process that we’ll extend and complete. We’ll send to the buyer the information and documentation previously obtained about the process and also a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in these samples.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 1.10”

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

Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
 

EE27AD7: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Characteristically platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contour and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile, coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under led light but is greenish with natural or neon light.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions (by example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. These samples, very different from the Titanite previously known at Imilchil, have required a hurried analytical process that we’ll extend and complete. We’ll send to the buyer the information and documentation previously obtained about the process and also a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in these samples.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.38” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.24”

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

EL28AD7: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Characteristically platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contour and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile, coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under led light but is greenish with natural or neon light.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions (by example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. These samples, very different from the Titanite previously known at Imilchil, have required a hurried analytical process that we’ll extend and complete. We’ll send to the buyer the information and documentation previously obtained about the process and also a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in these samples.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2016 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 07-08/2016, page 73
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 5.9 cm = 2.20” × 1.54” × 2.32”

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

Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
 

ER97AE1: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2016. Platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contours and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile, coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under led light but is greenish with daylight or neon light. Partially coated by Microcline crystals.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions (by example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in the samples.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.5 × 1.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.38” × 0.51”

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

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

EA70AE1: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2016. Platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contours and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile, coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under led light but is greenish with daylight or neon light. Partially coated by Microcline crystals.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions (by example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in the samples.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.8 × 1.8 cm = 3.35” × 3.07” × 0.71”

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

Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
 

EM52AG5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Characteristically platy Ilmenite crystals with an irregular contour, pseudomorphed by Rutile and completely coated by very sharp Titanite crystals that are bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and with a very apparent pleochroism that shows a yellow color under LED light but is greenish with natural or neon light.
The process of replacement of Ilmenite by Rutile seems very similar to that of other localities with similar geological conditions ( for example the Zambian Rutile) and it is due to hydrothermal processes at the site. These samples, very different from the Titanite previously known at Imilchil, have been analyzed and we’ll send to the buyer the information and documentation previously obtained about the process and also a copy of the analyses done on the different species present in the sample.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 7.4 × 4.5 cm = 4.06” × 2.91” × 1.77”

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

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

MV10AL3: Prehnite as spheroidal growths with the main faces of the crystals perfectly distinguishable, of a uniform pale green color, on an ophitic matrix covered with fan-shaped aggregates of small Epidote crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 4 × 4.1 × 2..7 cm = 1.57” × 1.61” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

Prehnite
 

EM9Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. A globular aggregate of prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, color zoned with a whitish green color on the outsides and a more intense green color in the middle.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2013)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.69” × 1.30”

Prehnite.
Prehnite
Prehnite. Prehnite.
 

EV26AK1: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Individualized spheroidal aggregates, with parallel crystal growths of curved, translucent and bright faces, a uniform light green color and on matrix. They have a morphology not previously known in Imilchil.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 61 of the 2019/02 edition.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5 × 2 cm = 2.44” × 1.97” × 0.79”

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

Prehnite with Epidote and Feldspar
 

MM16AK7: New in Munich 2019: Prehnite as spheroidal growths, one of them clearly dominant, a uniform pale green, and on an ophite matrix covered with small Epidote crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.7 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.64” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.61”

Prehnite with Epidote and Feldspar. Prehnite with Epidote and Feldspar.
Prehnite
Prehnite. Prehnite.
 

EL14AK1: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Individualized aggregates with parallel crystal growths of well defined translucent and bright faces, a uniform light green color and on matrix. They have a morphology not previously known at Imilchil.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.7 × 2.5 cm = 2.83” × 2.64” × 0.98”

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

Prehnite with Epidote and Feldspar
 

MQ26AK7: New in Munich 2019: Spheroidal growths of uniformly pale green Prehnite on ophite matrix coated with small Epidote crystals and flattened crystals of a white feldspar, possibly Albite.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2019, in the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 63 of number 1/2020 as well as in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 52 of the 2020/01 edition.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.6 × 4.7 cm = 3.23” × 2.60” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 4 cm = 1.81” × 1.57”

Prehnite with Epidote and Feldspar. Prehnite with Epidote and Feldspar.
Prehnite with Epidote and Feldspar.
Prehnite
Prehnite.
 

ET46Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Globular aggregates of prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, whitish green color and brighter slightly curved terminations with more intense green color.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2013 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 112, page 13, the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 47 in number 2013/2 and the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #35, August 14, 2013 edition.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2013)

Specimen size: 11.1 × 7.7 × 4.8 cm = 4.37” × 3.03” × 1.89”

Prehnite
 

EB6Z5: Globular aggregates of short prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, slightly curved terminations and color-zoned with a whitish green color on the outsides and more intense green color in the center.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2013)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 8.2 × 4.6 cm = 5.39” × 3.23” × 1.81”

Prehnite.
Epidote
Epidote. Epidote.
 

CR66G8: An excellent piece from Imilchil with typical fan growths, of a very good color and especially bright.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.54” × 1.02”

Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite
 

EB13AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Bundle-like aggregates of acicular Actinolite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a clear pistachio green color, with black intergrowths of crystalline Ferro-actinolite. Very original. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2018)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.43”

Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite. Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite.
Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite
Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite. Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite.
 

EA11AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Bundle-like aggregates of acicular Actinolite crystals with a clear pistachio green color, with black intergrowths of crystalline Ferro-actinolite. Very original. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2018)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite
 

ED66AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Bundle-like aggregates of acicular Actinolite crystals with a clear pistachio green color, with black intergrowths of crystalline Ferro-actinolite and white Prehnite crystals. Very original. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2018)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 2.05” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.24”

Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite. Actinolite with Ferro-actinolite.
Arfvedsonite with Zircon and Feldspar
Arfvedsonite with Zircon and Feldspar. Arfvedsonite with Zircon and Feldspar.
 

MR14T6: A novelty at Expominer (Barcelona) 2011 and also a novelty for Imilchil. Crystals of Arfvedsonite with very well defined faces and edges, grayish-green color, in Feldspar matrix and small doubly terminated crystals of Zircón. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Arfvedsonite to the buyer.
The Zircon has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 48 in number 2012/1
Jebel Ewargizen, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2011)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.1 × 4.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.61” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.22” × 1.30”

Feldspar minor fluorescence short UV
Arfvedsonite with Feldspar
 

MB16T6: A novelty at Expominer (Barcelona) 2011 and also a novelty for Imilchil. Groups of two crystals of Arfvedsonite with very well defined faces and edges and good terminations, grayish-green color and in Feldspar matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Arfvedsonite to the buyer.
Jebel Ewargizen, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2011)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.5 × 4.8 cm = 3.07” × 2.17” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.46” × 0.71”

Feldspar minor fluorescence short UV
Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Front
Front
Arfvedsonite with Feldspar. Side
Side
Arfvedsonite with Stilbite-Ca
Arfvedsonite with Stilbite-Ca. Arfvedsonite with Stilbite-Ca.
 

EM66Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013 (because of the association with Stilbite-Ca). A rare association of Arfvedsonite with Stilbite-Ca. The crystals have very well defined faces and edges and some of them are doubly terminated. They are on matrix with bowtie-like Stilbite-Ca aggregates and small Fluorapatite crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2013)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 8 × 6 cm = 3.23” × 3.15” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 0.79”

Arfvedsonite with smoky Quartz
 

MA6T7: A novelty at Expominer (Barcelona) 2011 and also a novelty for Imilchil. Doubly terminated crystal of Arfvedsonite with its upper termination polycrystalline and the lower one with simple faces. On matrix, with Quartz and Feldspar.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 48 in number 2012/1
Jebel Ewargizen, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2011)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm = 3.46” × 1.50” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 7.5 × 3.1 cm = 2.95” × 1.22”

Arfvedsonite with smoky Quartz. Front
Front
Arfvedsonite with smoky Quartz. Rear
Rear
Arfvedsonite with smoky Quartz. Top
Top
Malachite with Chrysocolla
Malachite with Chrysocolla. Malachite with Chrysocolla.
 

ER96AE4: A novelty at Munich 2016. Isolated spherical Malachite aggregates implanted on a rocky matrix partially coated by Chrysocolla with a very pale green color.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 56 of the 2016/02 edition
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.7 × 6.9 cm = 3.74” × 2.64” × 2.72”

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

Microcline

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MTT96AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of deep pink and lustrous Microcline crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined double twinning by both the Baveno and Manebach laws. The specimen comes from finds made in the Imilchil area between August and September of 2022.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.32” × 1.73” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Microcline. Microcline.
Microcline with Magnetite
Microcline with Magnetite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MLR14AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Floater group of Microcline crystals with polycrystalline growths, with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and creamy white color, with inclusions of black Magnetite microcrystals. This specimen comes from very recent finds in the Imilchil area in May 2022.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.3 × 6.7 cm = 3.70” × 2.87” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.55”

Fluorescent short UV
Microcline

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EBY13AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Floater group of Microcline crystals in polycrystalline growth, with very sharp crystal forms and a beautiful cream-white color.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 663 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.7 × 6.2 cm = 4.09” × 3.03” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”

Fluorescent short UV
Microcline. Microcline.
Microcline
Microcline. Microcline.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFM14AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Floater group of Microcline crystals in polycrystalline growth, with very sharp crystal forms and a beautiful cream-white color.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 10.9 × 5.4 cm = 5.04” × 4.29” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

Fluorescent short UV
Epidote with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EPQ37AP1: New from Sainte Marie 2022. Curious crests and palmate groups of Epidote crystals with Quartz. We were not aware that this type of Epidote had been found before in Imilchil, which due to their fan-shaped appearance, they somewhat resemble Prehnite formations.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.81” × 1.65” × 1.61”

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

Epidote with Quartz. Front
Front
Epidote with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EXL96AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022. Curious 'crests' of groups of Epidote crystals with Quartz. We are not aware that this type of Epidote had been found before in Imilchil, which, due to their fan-shaped appearance, are somewhat reminiscent of Prehnite formations.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.20” × 1.42”

Epidote with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERT86AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022. Curious 'crests' of groups of Epidote crystals with Quartz. We are not aware that this type of Epidote had been found before in Imilchil, which, due to their fan-shaped appearance, are somewhat reminiscent of Prehnite formations.
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 70, and in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 166, July-August 2022, page 44
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.9 × 5 cm = 2.95” × 2.32” × 1.97”

Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz. Front
Front
Epidote with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFM67AP1: New from Sainte Marie 2022. Curious crests and palmate groups of Epidote crystals with Quartz. We were not aware that this type of Epidote had been found before in Imilchil, which due to their fan-shaped appearance, they somewhat resemble Prehnite formations.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.5 × 4.7 cm = 3.66” × 3.35” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.91”

Epidote with Quartz and Feldspar

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFM86AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022. Curious 'crests' of groups of Epidote crystals with Quartz. We are not aware that this type of Epidote had been found before in Imilchil, which, due to their fan-shaped appearance, are somewhat reminiscent of Prehnite formations.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 5.8 × 2.4 cm = 4.17” × 2.28” × 0.94”

Epidote with Quartz and Feldspar. Epidote with Quartz and Feldspar.
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite. Side
Side
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite.
 

TFJ12AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.5 × 4.4 cm = 2.24” × 2.17” × 1.73”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline
 

TGH14AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 2.28” × 2.09” × 1.89”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline. Rear
Rear
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline.
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline. Rear
Rear
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TNL13AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.83” × 1.73” × 1.89”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite
 

TAD47AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.7 × 5.7 cm = 3.07” × 3.03” × 2.24”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite. Rear
Rear
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite.
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline. Rear
Rear
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXN86AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 3.11” × 1.85” × 1.42”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TMK56AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.6 × 6.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.60” × 2.44”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite. Rear
Rear
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite.
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite. Side
Side
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite. Side
Side
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite with Microcline and Titanite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TDF14AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 3.50” × 1.89” × 1.50”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TBE27AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 4.61” × 1.81” × 1.34”

With analysis copy

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite. Front
Front
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite. Rear
Rear
Chlorapatite on Ferro-actinolite.
Andradite with Microcline
Andradite with Microcline. Andradite with Microcline.
 

TR11AN2: Very aerial group of dodecahedral Andradite crystals, sharp, lustrous, on a Microcline matrix.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.79”

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

Andradite with Feldspar and Magnetite
 

MH9AL3: Group of black rhombododecahedral Andradite crystals, very sharp, on a Feldspar matrix, with small octahedral Magnetite crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

Andradite with Feldspar and Magnetite.
Andradite with Microcline and Epidote
Andradite with Microcline and Epidote. Front
Front
Andradite with Microcline and Epidote. Top
Top
 

TP14AN2: Very aerial group of dodecahedral Andradite crystals beveled by trapezohedron faces, lustrous, on a Microcline matrix with small transparent green crystals of Epidote.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.94”

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

Andradite with Microcline
 

TQ26AN2: Very aerial group of dodecahedral Andradite crystals, sharp, lustrous, on a Microcline matrix.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.38” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

Andradite with Microcline. Front
Front
Andradite with Microcline. Side
Side
Andradite with Microcline and Epidote
Andradite with Microcline and Epidote. Front
Front
Andradite with Microcline and Epidote. Side
Side
Andradite with Microcline and Epidote. Rear
Rear
 

TG96AN2: Brilliant dodecahedral Andradite crystals, with a very deep reddish brown color, on a Microcline matrix with small transparent green crystals of Epidote.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.76” × 2.01” × 0.94”

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

Andradite with Microcline
 

TB27AN2: Brilliant dodecahedral Andradite crystals, with a very deep reddish brown color, on a Microcline matrix.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 2.80” × 1.73” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Andradite with Microcline. Front
Front
Andradite with Microcline. Top
Top
Andradite with Microcline.
Andradite with Microcline
Andradite with Microcline. Front
Front
Andradite with Microcline. Side
Side
Andradite with Microcline.
 

TA66AN2: Brilliant dodecahedral Andradite crystals, with a very deep reddish brown color, on a Microcline matrix.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5 × 3.7 cm = 2.91” × 1.97” × 1.46”

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


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