EXM70AP0: Roselite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with fine polycrystalline growths and marked curvatures. Some of them are doubly terminated, between translucent and transparent, with great luster and an intense deep red color. On matrix of pink Calcite.
A Moroccan classic of high quality.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

ED37AA4: Isolated crystals of magnesian Roselite. They are very well defined, a lot of them doubly terminated, translucent, have a very intense, deep and uniform color that strongly contrasts with the snow white Calcite matrix. 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: 6.4 × 4.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 1.54”

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

EFR86AP0: Profiled Roselite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, many of them doubly terminated. Transparent, with excellent luster and an intense deep red color. On matrix, with Calcite.
A Moroccan classic.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.2 × 5.3 cm = 3.66” × 2.44” × 2.09”

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

TP11AD2: Spheroidal aggregates and small crystals of intensely deep green Conichalcite on a Calcite matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2015)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.77” × 1.26”

EM16Z5: Small acicular Goethite crystals, very bright and with reddish reflections due to its pleochroism. They are on a matrix with Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated, and with small botryoidal Conichalcite aggregates. Different than most of the usual samples from the Bou Azzer area.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 555 in the volume 90, number 6, Nov/Dec 2015
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2013)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 5.4 × 6.7 cm = 3.82” × 2.13” × 2.64”

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

CB16G2: A very esthetic specimen. This Dolomite, of an attractive color, is partially covered by Marcasite cockscombs, and these covered by Goethite. The specimen caught our attention and we analyzed it to be sure about the identification. We will send the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 8 × 4.7 cm = 4.65” × 3.15” × 1.85”

EH96T4: Groups and single rhombohedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, and with intense and deep color, on matrix.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.9 × 3.7 cm = 3.46” × 2.72” × 1.46”

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

EL10V1: Groups of unusually well differentiated octahedral crystals with small cube faces, very well defined and very bright. They are on matrix, with Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2011)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.54” × 0.75”

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

TB46V7: Irregular aggregate of very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals of Skutterudite, with very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of the same Skutterudite and with white Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2011)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 1.50”

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

CTX87CD5: Aggregate of cuboctahedral Skutterudite crystals with perfectly defined faces and edges, on matrix and extraordinarily lustrous, a property that has not been lost over the time since its collection.
This specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto (number 2011.18) whose digital catalogue file, handwritten label, and a previous label from Fabre Minerals, we will send to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2011)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.24” × 1.61”

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

EBB47CD3: Aerial growths of Allargentum
that appear intergrown with Silver with a high mercury content, with some of the faces being well defined, and with small remnants of Calcite which has been acid-etched to reveal the sulfides and native elements.
These are important crystals for the species Allargentum, which is a much rarer species than Dyscrasite. In fact, until the appearance of these Bouismas allargentums, quality specimens were hardly known and, in general, had poorly defined crystals.
The piece has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 0.8 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1 cm = 1.06” × 0.39”

TP79Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2010/2
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

EA98T4: The Allargentum, as very well defined crystals, appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite, forming dendritic growths on a Calcite matrix with fibrous aggregates of Actinolite. The Allargentum is dominant in the analysis so, following IMA recommendations, we label the sample in this way. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2010)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.38” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.20”

TZ69Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 11, volume 40, number 6, June 2015
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.38” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

ED28R3: The Allargentum, as very elongated crystals, appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite, forming dendritic growths on Calcite matrix and with centered growths of acicular crystals of Actinolite. The Allargentum appears as dominant on the analysis, so, following the IMA recommendations, we label the sample as this. We’ll send copy of the analysis, both of the Allargentum and the Actinolite, to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 32, volume 35, number 11, November 2010.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2010)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.97” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.04”

TV49Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 33, volume 35, number 11, November 2010.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm = 2.24” × 1.46” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.08”

TX47Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite and thin filaments of a not analyzed metallic mineral. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.42” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

EC98T4: The Allargentum, as very well defined crystals, appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite, forming dendritic growths on a Calcite matrix with fibrous aggregates of Actinolite. The Allargentum is dominant in the analysis so, following IMA recommendations, we label the sample in this way. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2010)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.83” × 2.17” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.12”

MB66P5: A novelty in Munich 2009. Dyscrasite appears intergrown with Silver and Allargentum. Dyscrasite is dominant in the analysis of the sample, so following the IMA recommendations, we should label it as Dyscrasite. On this specimen the Dyscrasite forms arborescent growths on a Calcite rich matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.91” × 0.55”

MD98P5: A novelty in Munich 2009. Dyscrasite appears intergrown with Silver and Allargentum. Dyscrasite is dominant in the analysis of the sample, so following the IMA recommendations, we should label it as Dyscrasite. On this specimen the Dyscrasite forms arborescent growths on a Calcite rich matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2009)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm = 3.54” × 2.24” × 1.46”

MA89AF3: Very aerial arborescent growth of very elongated Dyscrasite crystals pseudomorphous after Allargentum crystals. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of the generic analysis that we have periodically done on these of samples.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.3 × 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 2.48” × 0.55” × 0.28”

EC70Y2: From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this sample the Silver forms dendritc growths and parallel aggregates and the crystals are thick and elongated with very well defined faces and edges, and are on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.69” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”

EM11AB7: Silver crystals with rounded surfaces and with inclusions and chemical mixtures with Arsenopyrite, silver-rich Tennantite and Pearceite. This complex sample has been analyzed and we’ll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 0.71”

MB96AC6: Spheroidal aggregates of lenticular Löllingite crystals that are bright and on a matrix with Quartz and scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2015)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.5 × 3.6 cm = 2.72” × 2.56” × 1.42”

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

EA6Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Very fine and esthetic aggregate of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and acute and slightly rounded terminations. These Proustite samples, very different than those from Imiter, undoubtedly are one of the most interesting novelties from Morocco in the last years.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55” × 0.55”

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

TY87AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. An elongated prismatic Proustite crystal with an excellent, very acute, pyramidal termination. The crystal, transparent and very bright, has an extraordinary ruby-red color.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.16” × 0.16”

EB36Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Very fine and esthetic aggregate of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and acute and slightly rounded terminations. These Proustite samples, very different than those from Imiter, undoubtedly are one of the most interesting novelties from Morocco in the last years.
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.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.51”

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

ED37Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Aggregate, on a matrix coated by small rhombohedral Calcite crystals, of Proustite crystals with very well faces and edges and acute and slightly rounded terminations. They are translucent, very bright and have a very deep red color. These Proustite samples, very different than those from Imiter, undoubtedly are one of the most interesting novelties from Morocco in the last years.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 0.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.38” × 0.35”

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

ML36AE6: A dendritic cluster of very elongated Proustite crystals that are translucent, bright, have a vivid and intense red color and are on a rocky matrix, with massive Calcite. Proustite crystals are rare at Bouismas, and even moreso with this “Chañarcillo” shape, relatively new here. Furthermore the sample is an excellent miniature, very fine.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.06” × 0.71”

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

MD93AE4: Aggregates of very elongated Proustite crystals that are translucent, bright, have a vivid and intense red color and are on a rocky Calcite matrix. Proustite crystals are rare at Bouismas, and even moreso with this “Chañarcillo” shape, relatively new here. Furthermore the sample is excellent.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 68
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.05” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”

TX46AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense color. On matrix, with Quartz.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 1.06”

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

EF76Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Acicular Realgar crystals, a very uncommon shape for the species. They have grown on and are included in parallel groups of transparent rhombohedral crystals of Calcite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 47 in number 2014/1
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 3.03” × 1.73” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

EP47Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Dense aggregates of fibrous and acicular Realgar crystals, an uncommon shape for the species. They have grown on parallel groups of transparent rhombohedral crystals of Calcite with inclusions and on matrix.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2013 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 114, page 49
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 11 × 7.3 × 3.5 cm = 4.33” × 2.87” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.04”

MBF96CD6: Elongated tabular Baryte crystals with well defined faces and edges and with very well defined rhombohedral terminations, translucent and of a delicate uniform yellow color, with inclusions of small red Realgar crystals, all embedded in a whitish matrix formed of Calcite crystals, which ensures a noteworthy color contrast.
A specimen difficult to find nowadays in the commercial mineral market.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2013)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.50” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 1 cm = 1.89” × 0.39”

MBF37CD2: Profiled tabular crystals of Baryte, very intense in color and with inclusions of Realgar, showing geometric color zoning on the edges. They are on a matrix covered with rhombohedral flattened Calcite crystals. This piece, in a way, is the recovery of something that caught attention between 2013 and 2015 for its unexpectedness in that mine, and now with the addition of the Realgar inclusions.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2023 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 12/2023, page 38
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2013)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 1.85” × 1.42”

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

EV14Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Aggregate of thin tabular Baryte crystals, with a vivid yellow color and orange shades. They are very clear, bright and luminous, on matrix and with white lenticular crystals of Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2013)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm = 2.64” × 2.13” × 1.73”

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

EM46Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Aggregate of thin tabular Baryte crystals, with a vivid yellow color and orange shades. They are very clear, bright and luminous, on matrix and with white lenticular crystals of Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2013)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.5 × 5 cm = 3.66” × 3.35” × 1.97”

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

NG13AI0: A group of unusually sharp and very well defined tetrahedral crystals that are translucent and bright and have a very vivid honey yellow color. The sample is from a very timely finding at the Bouismas mine.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.98”

EG16AD7: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Very aerial arborescent growth, on a Calcite matrix, of “fresh” and bright crystals with their faces slightly deformed but well defined. No similar samples are known from this mine.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 751 in the volume 47, number 6 (November-December 2016)
Tamdrost Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01-02/2016)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.32” × 1.10”

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

EM92AF0: Growths of unusually sharp and well defined Silver crystals that are bright and on matrix, with Calcite and Löllingite. Although we haven’t our own analysis there is a general consensus that these from Tamdrost are really cubic Silver and not pseudomorphs or epitaxial overgrowths.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 68, the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 448 in the volume 48, number 3, and in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (page 51)
Tamdrost Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.9× 3.3 cm = 3.15” × 2.32” × 1.30”

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

EF56AD7: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Very aerial arborescent growth, on a rocky matrix with Calcite, of bright crystals with their faces slightly deformed but well defined. No similar samples are known from this mine.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 57 of the 2016/02 edition
Tamdrost Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01-02/2016)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 5.5 × 2.7 cm = 4.21” × 2.17” × 1.06”

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

EE57K4: Crystals of very well sharp faces and edges with good color and luster that occupy a vug in the matrix.
Tamdrost Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.81” × 1.34”

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

TAR16AO3: Radial group of sharp Erythrite crystals, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense mauve color.
We will send the specimen to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Bou Azzer East, Vein 7, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

EF27V0: Aggregate of very sharp crystals of Erythrite, some of them doubly terminated, partially coated by Quartz and with small very well defined crystals of Skutterudite in the back side.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.69” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.20”

EX47T3: Centered growth, very aerial and on matrix, of very well defined elongated crystals with uncommon terminations that are more rounded than usual. Translucent, very bright and with an excellent deep color.
The specimen has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 7 in the volume 9/2011
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.77” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

TT14AM8: Isolated crystals and fan-shaped growths of Erythrite crystals on matrix. They are very sharp, have well-defined faces and edges and are of good size, translucent, with bright luster and an intense color, contrasting with the small, lighter colored Calcite coatings.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.6 × 1.9 cm = 2.09” × 1.42” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

VM68AG9: Divergent groups, on matrix, of very sharp Erythrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, a good length, bright and with a very intense color.
The sample is from the Jordi Vilallonga collection.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2000)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.85” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

EN83: Brilliant crystals in a Quartz pocket.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2000)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 7 cm = 2.83” × 2.76”

M87BC7: Jordi really likes it when a nice specimen also has a rare mineral on it. Well some of this 'infirmity' has rubbed off on me so I am also affected by the same thrill. So, in this one I can see the beauty of the large crystals of Erythrite which are long but covered with a rare mineral: Barium-pharmacosiderite. As we have done an analysis of this we can send you a copy. In fact we are also letting you know about something most people are unaware of - the presence of this mineral from Bou-Azzer. Which is something else we like to do!

Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2000)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 2.95” × 1.57” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.20”

CK26AB3: A vug, on a rock matrix, upholstered by very bright and fine fibrous crystals with a very vivid hot-pink color. This habit is well known at Bou Azzer but is not too frequent.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.99” × 1.81” × 1.42”

ET89Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer. The crystals, on matrix, form parallel groups larger and thicker than usually seen in this species, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.8 × 6.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.28” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.16”

EQ69Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer. The crystals, on matrix, form parallel groups, large for the species, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster. Some of the smaller groups are partially coated by Bariopharmacosiderite which has been analysed. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 11 × 8 × 6.7 cm = 4.33” × 3.15” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.63” × 0.31”

EV51Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer. The crystals, on matrix, form parallel groups, much larger than usually seen in this species, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster. On Quartz crystals partially coated by, probably, Heterogenite (not analyzed).
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 9.3 × 4.7 cm = 4.84” × 3.66” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 7 cm = 2.76”

EL14T4: Botryoidal growths on matrix of small crystals. They have a very intense color, between orange and yellow.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 3 cm = 1.69” × 1.54” × 1.18”

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

MT96AK8: Individual filamentous growths of Gold implanted on a matrix with cubo-octahedral Skutterudite crystals.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 219 in the volume 96, number 3, May/Jun 2021
Taghouni, Bou Azzer mining district, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2015)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.63” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

EB6AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Arborescent growths of small native Gold crystals on a Quartz matrix with an indeterminate dark gray metallic mineral. These native Golds from Bou Azzer were noted a long time ago so this recent rediscovery must be considered as a novelty; at the same time a curiosity and a rarity. We analyzed these Golds to confirm the presence of Silver and, effectively, they are 26.1 % Ag with a 0.8 % As. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Taghouni, Bou Azzer mining district, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

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

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

EC6AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Strongly elongated and doubly terminated native Gold in hooked growths. They are on matrix, with radial and felted aggregates of acicular Erythrite crystals. These native Golds from Bou Azzer were noted a long time ago so this recent rediscovery must be considered as a novelty; at the same time a curiosity and a rarity. We analyzed these Golds to confirm the presence of Silver and, effectively, they are 26.1 % Ag with a 0.8 % As. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2017 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 07-08/2017, page 71 and the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ on page 20 of number 1/2018
Taghouni, Bou Azzer mining district, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.34” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

ED26AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Strongly elongated and doubly terminated native Golf hooked growths. They are on matrix, with radial and felted aggregates of acicular Erythrite crystals. These native Golds from Bou Azzer were noted a long time ago so this recent rediscovery must be considered as a novelty; at the same time a curiosity and a rarity. We analyzed these Golds to confirm the presence of Silver and, effectively, they are 26.1 % Ag with a 0.8 % As. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Taghouni, Bou Azzer mining district, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.24” × 0.04”

EE14AF4: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Strongly elongated and doubly terminated native Gold in hooked growths. They are on matrix with radial and felted aggregates of acicular Erythrite crystals. These native Golds from Bou Azzer were noted a long time ago so this recent rediscovery must be considered as a novelty; at the same time a curiosity and a rarity. We analyzed these Golds to confirm the presence of Silver and, effectively, they are 26.1 % Ag with a 0.8 % As. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2017 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 69 in the volume 23, number 1
Taghouni, Bou Azzer mining district, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 1.30” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

EB89AH7: For a few months good Golds related by Malachite and other species such as Chrysocolla and Covellite were found in the Bleida Far West mine that began work in 2005 but of which there were no was known specimens of Gold with this quality. As you can see they are very aesthetics and different from what was known so far.
Bleida Far West Mine, Tinzouline, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017-2018)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.87” × 0.94”

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

EC71AJ1: Aerial arborescent growth of native Gold microcrystals on Quartz crystals and with Malachite and Chrysocolla intergrowths.
Bleida Far West Mine, Tinzouline, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017-2018)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.87” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

EC30AH7: For a few months good Golds related by Malachite and other species such as Chrysocolla and Covellite were found in the Bleida Far West mine that began work in 2005 but of which there were no was known specimens of Gold with this quality. As you can see they are very aesthetics and different from what was known so far.
Bleida Far West Mine, Tinzouline, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017-2018)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.22” × 1.30”

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

EA11AH7: For a few months good Golds related by Malachite and other species such as Chrysocolla and Covellite were found in the Bleida Far West mine that began work in 2005 but of which there were no was known specimens of Gold with this quality. As you can see they are very aesthetics and different from what was known so far.
Bleida Far West Mine, Tinzouline, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017-2018)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.2 cm = 0.43” × 0.08”

TR9K9: Group of crystals formed by two rhombohedrons with evident scalenohedron “phantom” growth inside. The “phantom” is reddish due to a covering layer of Hematite.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.76” × 2.20” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

TA14K4: Group of yellowish crystals formed by two rhombohedrons, a steep one and a shallow one, with a red scalenohedral phantom growth due to a Hematite film that covers them.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 9 × 4 cm = 3.82” × 3.54” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.43”

TQ56AB9: Druse on matrix of Calcite crystals formed by the prism and a flattened terminal rhombohedron, each crystal having a scalenohedral phantom growth delimited by vivid red Hematite inclusions and with a small group of white Dolomite crystals.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2006)

Specimen size: 17.5 × 14 × 5.3 cm = 6.89” × 5.51” × 2.09”

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

TPQ74CD3: Radiating groups of Erythrite crystals forming a very aesthetic complete rosette, with intense and deep color in clear contrast with the light-colored matrix partially covered by Quartz crystals.
A very unique specimen, difficult to achieve for its perfection, the quantity and quality of its crystals, which in this species are usually somewhat erratic.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.14” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.67”

TT66AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense color. On matrix, with Quartz.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.9 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 1.14” × 0.71”

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

TR27AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense color. On matrix, with Quartz.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.22” × 0.55” × 0.43”

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

TZ67AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense color. On matrix, with Quartz.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.54” × 0.98”

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

TT8AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and on matrix, with Quartz.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.09”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28”

TA67AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense color. On matrix, with Quartz.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.3 × 4.7 cm = 2.83” × 1.69” × 1.85”

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

TV56AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense color. On matrix, with Quartz.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.95” × 1.57” × 0.94”

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

TL47AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense color. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Agoudal area.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6 × 4.1 cm = 3.62” × 2.36” × 1.61”

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

EJP91AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 15.7 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm = 6.18” × 2.52” × 1.73”

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

TEK26AN4: Groups on matrix of two very different generations of Picropharmacolite: the first is made up of groups of microcrystals that form spheres to which the presence of cobalt salts gives their intense red color, and the second are centered groups of acicular crystals with a very pale pink color, almost white.
The specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.57” × 1.02” × 0.55”

TFM96AN4: Groups on matrix of two very different generations of Picropharmacolite: the first is made up of groups of microcrystals that form spheres to which the presence of cobalt salts gives their intense red color, and the second are centered groups of acicular crystals with a very pale pink color, almost white.
The specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.9 × 5.2 cm = 3.03” × 1.93” × 2.05”

TYG47AO3: Groups, on matrix, in which two generations of Picropharmacolite with very different morphologies coexist: the first as groups of spheroidal microcrystals with an intense and vivid red color due to cobalt ions; while the second forms centered groups of acicular crystals of a very pale pink color, almost white. The specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 5.9 × 2.6 cm = 4.09” × 2.32” × 1.02”

TXK47AN3: Matrix groups of two very different generations of Picropharmacolite. The first is made up of groups of microcrystals that form spheres that owe their intense red color to the presence of cobalt salts, and the second are centered groups of acicular crystals with a very pale pink color, almost white.
This specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 4.7 × 3.8 cm = 4.17” × 1.85” × 1.50”

TRL57AN3: Matrix groups of two very different generations of Picropharmacolite. The first is made up of groups of microcrystals that form spheres that owe their intense red color to the presence of cobalt salts, and the second are centered groups of acicular crystals with a very pale pink color, almost white.
This specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11 × 7 × 4.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.76” × 1.85”

TVC57AO3: Groups, on matrix, in which two generations of Picropharmacolite with very different morphologies coexist: the first as groups of spheroidal microcrystals with an intense and vivid red color due to cobalt ions; while the second forms centered groups of acicular crystals of a very pale pink color, almost white. The specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 101
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 6 × 2 cm = 4.57” × 2.36” × 0.79”