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MD93AE4: Aggregates of very elongated Proustite crystals that are translucent, bright, have a vivid and intense red color and are on a rocky Calcite matrix. Proustite crystals are rare at Bouismas, and even moreso with this “Chañarcillo” shape, relatively new here. Furthermore the sample is excellent. The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 68
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2016)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.05” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”
Calcite fluorescent short UV
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