Very interesting specimen for this mine because the very aesthetic Calcite crystals sit on large Baryte crystals coated by what look like orange iron oxides and are accompanied by small Pyrite crystals. Baryte is not a common mineral in El Hammam, I have rarely seen it there, much less in large crystals as in this case. As sometimes happens, I didn't buy it in Morocco but in Tucson 2009, from the Moroccan Ahmed Es Seouani.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region Morocco (11/2008)
Specimen size: 9 × 8.2 × 7.7 cm = 3.54” × 3.23” × 3.03”
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