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EQ27Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster in parallel growths, forming convoluted columns, implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2010 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 94, page 55.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (05/2010)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.60” × 1.73”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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