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EPQ14AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 663 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.89” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”
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