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TC24ERX: A novelty at Munich Virtual 2020. Complex crystals of Sphalerite with equant habit and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with bright luster and red-orange reflections. On matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with an intense pink color. This material was practically unknown until now, in both the Zelidja mine itself and in the entire Touissit mining district.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco
Specimen size: 16.3 × 12.4 × 4.8 cm = 6.42” × 4.88” × 1.89”
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”
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