Sainte Marie Virtual 2021

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TF28AN2: Dendritic aggregates and isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On a rock matrix with small crystals of Löllingite, and with Calcite, which has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.31”

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

TF2AN2: Dendritic aggregates and isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On matrix, with small crystals of Löllingite and Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.18” × 1.06”

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

TJ90AN2: Isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On matrix, with Gypsum and Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.46” × 1.22”

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

TY87AN2: Very stylized parallel growths of Gold crystals with sharp crystal morphology, dominated by octahedron forms, with distinct spinel-law twinning and excellent terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.20” × 0.12”

TG26AN2: Very stylized parallel growths of Gold crystals with sharp crystal morphology, dominated by octahedron forms, with distinct spinel-law twinning and excellent terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.31” × 0.16”

TC62AN2: Very stylized parallel growths of Gold crystals with sharp crystal morphology, dominated by octahedron forms, with distinct spinel-law twinning and excellent terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.24” × 0.12”

TA91AN2: Very stylized parallel growths of Gold crystals with sharp crystal morphology, dominated by octahedron forms, with distinct spinel-law twinning and excellent terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.16” × 0.12”

CB96AN2: Parallel growths of equant crystals of primary Malachite, with good luster and a very deep and uniform color, on matrix with Dolomite.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1978.14), whose label and computer catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Jebel Irhoud, Youssoufia Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.10” × 1.02”

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

TQ49AN2: Cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystal with very sharp crystal forms, with hopper formations in the center of some of its faces. Translucent, rich in inclusions and with irregular areas of color ranging from green to blue to purple. Comes to us from a little-known locality where good specimens are rare.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 99
Aghbala, Béni Mellal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7 × 6 cm = 3.19” × 2.76” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.73”

TX47AN2: Cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron forms with a rough appearance due to fine polycrystalline growths. Translucent, with a very deep color, on a matrix of Baryte crystals.
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.4 × 4.2  cm = 2.64” × 2.52” × 1.65”

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

TM49AN2: Cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron forms with a rough appearance due to fine polycrystalline growths. Translucent, with a very deep color, on a matrix of Baryte crystals.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 99
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.8 × 7.3 cm = 3.43” × 3.07” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.02”

TJ49AN2: Cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron forms with a rough appearance due to fine polycrystalline growths. Translucent, with a very deep color, on a matrix of Baryte crystals.
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.4 × 5.1 cm = 3.43” × 3.31” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02”

TT50AN2: Columnar and globular growths of sharp tabular Vanadinite crystals with an intense luster and color, on matrix, with curious crested shapes. Very aesthetic.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.34” × 1.69”

TV14AN2: Short prismatic crystals of Brochantite, many of them doubly terminated and of a good size for what is known in the locality. Translucent, with very bright luster and a very deep green color, on matrix with Malachite of a lighter green color.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5 × 2.8 cm = 2.64” × 1.97” × 1.10”

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

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”

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”

TY96AN2: 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: 4.8 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.54” × 0.94”

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

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”

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”

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”

TB47AN2: 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: 7.8 × 4.7 × 5.4 cm = 3.07” × 1.85” × 2.13”

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

TX8AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths on a limonite matrix of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.98” × 0.43”

TB13AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.67” × 0.43”

TZ16AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.38” × 1.02”

TT36AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.32” × 1.57” × 0.94”

TR66AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.32” × 2.01” × 1.30”

TK16AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 2.40” × 1.02” × 0.55”

TQ13AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.57” × 1.34”

TQ66AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.81” × 1.42”

TF36AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths on a limonite matrix of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 2.95” × 1.65” × 1.18”

TV27AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 2.20” × 1.69”

TP48AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths on a limonite matrix of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.2 × 3.7 cm = 3.62” × 2.83” × 1.46”

TB49AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.2 × 7.7 cm = 3.78” × 3.62” × 3.03”

TC97AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 4.17” × 2.48” × 2.09”

TM87AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 4.25” × 2.17” × 1.50”

TA68AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 14.7 × 5.9 × 6.6 cm = 5.79” × 2.32” × 2.60”

TD49AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Stalactitic growths, on a limonite matrix, of spheroidal Malachite aggregates with a silky luster and deep color, and with white Calcite coatings, and small acicular crystals of Cerussite. The specimen comes from a discovery in 2021 in the Sidi Ayad area (but not in the Sidi Ayad mine).
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 6.3 × 8.4 cm = 6.10” × 2.48” × 3.31”

EB76AN2: Group of Calcite crystals with very sharp prisms, terminated by a flattened rhombohedron. Translucent, white and with reddish iron oxides inclusions in the lower part of the prism. The specimen comes from a fortuitous and limited find in the El Hammam area in 2008.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.3 × 6.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.48” × 2.44” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.09” × 0.67”

TZ49AN2: Centered growths of very fine acicular Malachite crystals, with a silky luster, deep and uniform color, with a small group of doubly terminated Azurite crystals, which curiously is quite exceptional in this deposit since both species do not usually appear together crystallized.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 2.28” × 0.83” × 0.79”

TV66AN2: 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: 3.5 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.38” × 0.67”

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”

TG27AN2: 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: 4.8 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.18”

TM46AN2: 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: 5 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 0.94”

TD47AN2: 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, and 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: 5.3 × 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.30” × 0.55”

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”

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”

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”

TC88AN2: 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: 8 × 5 × 1.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.97” × 0.67”

SM80TMB: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with what is known as a “mushroom habit”, translucent and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.47”

TP46AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Growth of fine Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with a very intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.67”

SM140TJA: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with what is known as a “mushroom habit”, translucent and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

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

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

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

TR97AN2: Growth, with a Quartz crystal, of fine Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63”

TN27AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Growth of fine Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with a very intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

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

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

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

SM290THX: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with what is known as a “mushroom habit”, translucent and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 0.83”

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

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

SM140TQD: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Group of Elbaite crystals (variety rubellite) that form a “mushroom”-like aggregate. They are translucent and display an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.42” × 0.71” × 0.67”

SM140TDY: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021. Group of Elbaite crystals (variety rubellite) that form a “mushroom”-like aggregate. They are translucent and display an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 0.79” × 0.55”

TE28AN2: Growth of fine crystals of Elbaite (variety rubellite) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.02” × 0.94”

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

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

TH47AN2: Growth of fine crystals of Elbaite (variety rubellite) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 102
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.10”

TF89AN2: Growth of fine crystals of Elbaite (variety rubellite) that form an aggregate with a so-called “mushroom” habit, translucent, and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 1.02”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”

TH16AN2: 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: 5 × 4.4 × 2.7  cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.06”

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

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”

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”

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”

TQ96AN2: 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: 8.7 × 5.6 × 2.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.20” × 0.94”

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

TH26AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.77” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.18”

TJ13AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”

TE6AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”

TD13AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.7 × 4.9 cm = 2.68” × 2.64” × 1.93”

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

TY12AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.1 × 4.6 cm = 2.76” × 2.01” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.42” × 1.18”

TY14AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.09” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.98”

TV36AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.13” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 4.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.61”

TC14AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.6 × 5.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.20” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”

TZ96AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.4 × 4.9 cm = 3.54” × 3.31” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.10”

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

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

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

TF66AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and a very vivid blue color reminiscent of and even surpassing the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.26” × 1.22”

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

TQ68AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 3.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.54”

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

TK29AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and very vivid blue color reminiscent of, and even surpassing, the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds made in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.34”

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

TF49AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 1.65”

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

TJ68AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 5.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 2.28”

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

TE48AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Groups of Azurite crystals with a lenticular habit, translucent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color. A first generation of Azurite crystals was pseudomorphed by Malachite. On matrix, with Quartz and Malachite coatings. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.77” × 1.50”

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

TC27AN2: Groups of Azurite crystals with a lenticular habit, translucent, with a bright luster and very vivid blue color. On matrix, with Quartz and Malachite coatings. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.3 × 5.9 cm = 3.86” × 2.48” × 2.32”

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

TB10AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.51”

TB86AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.44” × 1.42”

TE27AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.56” × 2.13”

TY47AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.2 × 4.3 cm = 4.88” × 3.62” × 1.69”

TR69AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 11.3 × 7.4 cm = 5.04” × 4.45” × 2.91”

TV67AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 7.8 × 4.7 cm = 5.39” × 3.07” × 1.85”