The Core of Tucson Show Virtual 2021

TC860EX

Druse, on matrix, of short prismatic Vanadinite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, which form aesthetic palisades and parallel growths, with good luster and a very vivid color. The specimen comes from a 2019 find in Coud'a, made at levels deeper than usual and from which high quality specimens were obtained.

Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 5 x 4.4 x 3.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 x 1 cm

TC160TG

Aggregate, on matrix, of very sharp crystals between lamellar and tabular, with bright luster and a sharp hexagonal outline. The analysis, of which we will send a copy to the buyer, indicates an intimate intergrowth of Djurleite and Chalcocite.

Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5 x 4.4 x 3.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 x 1 cm

TC180ND

A very unusual piece that comes from Touissit's remote past. Druse of lustrous Sphalerite crystals with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, partially covered by large groups of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. In so many years of going there, I only saw a piece like this once.

Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 11.7 x 8.9 x 4.8 cm

TC380ED

Aggregate of elongated Chalcostibite crystals with very good terminations, rare in this type of specimen, and with well defined faces and edges. The Chalcostibite crystals are partially pseudomorphed by Azurite, which gives a very vivid color to the surfaces.

Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 4.9 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 4.4 x 2.4 cm

TC190TE

Aggregate of elongated Chalcostibite crystals with very good terminations, rare in this type of specimen, and with well defined faces and edges. The Chalcostibite crystals are partially pseudomorphed by Azurite, which gives a very vivid color to the surfaces.

Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 4.8 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 3 x 1 cm

TC140EK

Aggregate of cubic Pyrite crystals with distinct polycrystalline growths, very lustrous, with curved faces and edges.

Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 8.6 x 4.8 x 5.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 1 cm

TC120EP

Group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals that form distinct parallel growths, lustrous, between transparent and translucent, with a uniform sky-blue color and partially covered by Quartz with Pyrite microcrystals.

Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (04/2018)

Specimen size: 7.2 x 3.4 x 3.9 cm

Main crystal size: 5.1 x 3.3 cm

TC140NM

Very aerial group of complex Calcite crystals, rich in faces, dominated by the scalenohedron, transparent, with good luster and a very pale yellow color, with abundant inclusions. Dotted with small crystals of Pyrrhotite and a large rhombohedral Dolomite crystal of light brown color. A mine which at the time yielded a few pieces but from which soon thereafter nothing more was heard.

Iouriren Mine (AGM Mine), Akka, Tafraout, Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa Region Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 9.9 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 9.9 x 3.2 cm

TC80NX

Spheroidal aggregates of lenticular Löllingite crystals, with bright luster, on matrix, with deformed scalenohedral Calcite crystals and small bundles of acicular Actinolite crystals. The specimen 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 (07/2015)

Specimen size: 8.2 x 4.6 x 5.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.1 cm

With analysis copy

TC80ML

Elongated aggregates of sharp and very flattened lenticular crystals of Löllingite, with bright luster, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen 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 (08-09/2016)

Specimen size: 4.3 x 3.2 x 4.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 0.2 cm

With analysis copy

TC740EB

Druse of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) translucent, shiny, and partially covered by two generations of what appear to be Calcite crystals, a first generation with hexagonal outlines, polycrystalline surfaces and a reddish color due to the presence of abundant Hematite crystals, and covered by a second generation of Calcite which formed pale yellow equant crystals.

Mojarra Quarry, La Bolsa area, Artigas Department Uruguay (15/01/2007)

Specimen size: 14.8 x 9.7 x 9.6 cm

Main crystal size: 7.5 x 5 cm