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MHE96AP5: Elongated parallel growths of very large Allargentum crystals, with mechanical curvatures and bright luster, on a Calcite matrix.
The specimen, from a find in 2023, has been analyzed and has also been reviewed, photographed, and published as a novelty in the magazine Mineralogical Record on page 661 in the volume 54, number 5, September-October 2023
Bouismas Mine is a small working within the well-known Bou Azzer district, famous for its cobalt and arsenic mineralizations. Geologically, it is located in the Anti-Atlas, with hydrothermal mineralizations associated with serpentinites and ultramafic rocks, where cobalt and nickel arsenides are typical, together with carbonates and secondary alteration minerals.
In this mine, specimens of Silver, Dyscrasite, Allargentum, and various silver sulfosalts also occur, which can reach very high quality.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (07/2022)
Specimen size: 12 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 4.72” × 2.24” × 1.73”
Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.43”
Analyzed
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
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