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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM

Jebel Masker

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

MZ14AL5: Two very aerial Calcite crystals, with a sharp pseudohexagonal habit, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.52” × 2.01” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.22”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite
 

EK11AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced an earlier generation of Calcite crystals (analyzed). With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.56” × 1.73” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.55”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Top
Top

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
 

TC265MFB: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, which are also Calcite, partially dissolved and with small Quartz crystals.
We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.2 × 6.6 cm = 2.60” × 1.65” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.60” × 1.30”

Analyzed
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz
 

MX26AK8: Specimen similar to those reported as a novelty at the 2019 Sainte Marie-aux-Mines show, but displaying distinctive characteristics, apparently due to having been found at greater depth than the previous ones. Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, show a well defined pseudohexagonal outline and are completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, along with both Quartz, in small crystals, as well as Epidote, much more individual and higher quality. We decided to analyze this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2019, in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral‘ number 150, page 45
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 2.64” × 2.60” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.34” × 0.51”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz. Side
Side
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz. Side
Side
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MPX26AP6: Group of Calcite crystals with a very pseudohexagonal outline, coated and replaced by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved and with small Quartz crystals.
We have analyzed this type of specimen due to their genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.3 × 5.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.22”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz and Epidote
 

MY26AL5: Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal shape, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz and Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.68” × 2.60” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.48” × 0.98”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz and Epidote. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz and Epidote. Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote.
 

MH10AL5: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals, and individualized groups of Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.48” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.54” × 0.91”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite
 

EG9AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced an earlier generation of Calcite crystals (analyzed). With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.80” × 1.69” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 7 × 1.5 cm = 2.76” × 0.59”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MRA14AO0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved and with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 3.07” × 1.42” × 1.42”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz
 

MP26AK8: Specimen similar to those reported as a novelty at the 2019 Sainte Marie-aux-Mines show but exhibiting distinctive characteristics, apparently due to having been found at greater depth than the previous finds. Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, have a sharp pseudohexagonal contour and are completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, together with Quartz, in small crystals, as well as Epidote, much more individual and of higher quality. We analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2019, in the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 63 of number 1/2020
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.3 × 3.2 cm = 3.11” × 2.48” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 2.2 cm = 3.11” × 0.87”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERY110AO0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved, and with small Quartz crystals. The dissolution shapes at the back of the piece give it a curious labyrinthine appearance. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6 × 4.4 cm = 3.19” × 2.36” × 1.73”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EKF14AO7: Calcite growths in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced the pre-existing prismatic crystals with very deeply hoppered terminations, and so we can assume that a first generation of Calcite crystals was replaced by crystals of a second generation that analysis has confirmed as Calcite too. On matrix, with spheroidal growths of Chlorite.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 8.3 × 5.3 cm = 3.31” × 3.27” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.5 cm = 1.97” × 0.98”

Analyzed
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Prehnite
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Prehnite.
 

EH26AM3: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, some of them doubly terminated, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals. On matrix, with centered growths of acicular white Prehnite crystals.
Due to its genetic complexity the specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 7.1 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 0.94”

Analyzed
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote
 

MV14AM3: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, some of them doubly terminated, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small groups of Epidote crystals.
Due to its genetic complexity the specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.2 × 7.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.05” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.23” × 1.06”

Analyzed
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EKA16AO7: Calcite growths in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced the pre-existing prismatic crystals with very deeply hoppered terminations, and so we can assume that a first generation of Calcite crystals was replaced by crystals of a second generation that analysis has confirmed as Calcite too. On matrix, with spheroidal growths of Chlorite.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 9.2 × 7 cm = 3.70” × 3.62” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 9.4 × 5.8 cm = 3.70” × 2.28”

Analyzed
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite
 

EJ11AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that Calcita has also given in Calcite analysis, so it can be assumed that it was a first generation of Calcite . With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 3.82” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 9.7 × 1.5 cm = 3.82” × 0.59”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETR90AO0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved, and with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 5.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.82” × 2.28” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.61” × 1.02”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MRZ66AO0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 3.98” × 2.60” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 8 × 4 cm = 3.15” × 1.57”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat). Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat). Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Top
Top

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
 

TC2160MTB: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, which are also Calcite, partially dissolved and with small Quartz crystals.
We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.5 × 7 cm = 4.02” × 3.74” × 2.76”

Analyzed
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EBT66AQ0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved and with small Quartz crystals.
We have analyzed this type of specimens due to their genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 10.3 × 6.2 cm = 4.13” × 4.06” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.26”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite. Rear
Rear
 

ET14AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that were shown to have been Calcite too, assumed to be an earlier generation of Calcite. With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 4.21” × 1.18” × 0.94”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote
 

ET47AK4: New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aesthetic specimen with Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a pseudohexagonal contour, with a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with fan-shaped aggregate coatings of acicular epidote crystals. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.8 × 5.4 cm = 4.65” × 4.25” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 11.8 × 3 cm = 4.65” × 1.18”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Side
Side
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote, Chlorite and Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote, Chlorite and Quartz. Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote, Chlorite and Quartz.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote, Chlorite and Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ER92AK8: Specimen similar to those reported as a novelty at the 2019 Sainte Marie-aux-Mines show, but displaying distinctive morphology, apparently due to having been found at greater depth than the previous ones. Calcite crystals showing a well defined pseudohexagonal outline are completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, along with both Quartz, in small crystals, as well as fan-like aggregates of Epidote, much more individual and higher quality. We decided to analyze this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2019 Munich Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 12/2019, page 30, and in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 63 of the 2019/02 edition.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 13.3 × 8.6 cm = 5.83” × 5.24” × 3.39”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.6 cm = 1.97” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite
 

EA96AK8: New at the 2019 Sainte Marie-aux-Mines show. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite that remind us very much of the towers of the Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona. Small rhombohedral Calcite crystals have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that our analyses show were also Calcite, presumably a first generation of Calcite. With small platy growths of Chlorite. We analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 16.2 × 4 × 3 cm = 6.38” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 14.5 × 1.3 cm = 5.71” × 0.51”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Front
Front
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Chlorite and Prehnite. Rear
Rear
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MRR37AO0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very sharp pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved, and with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 17.4 × 11.7 × 6.3 cm = 6.85” × 4.61” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.69” × 0.87”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote
 

MR67AK9: Group of sharp pseudohexagonal Calcite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals, and localized groups of Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen because of their genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 17.8 × 11.7 × 10.2 cm = 7.01” × 4.61” × 4.02”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.10”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote. Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz.
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz  

SV190EBE: Group of Calcite crystals with a well-defined pseudohexagonal outline, coated entirely by a second generation of smaller Calcite crystals which are partially dissolved at the end of the prism, and with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 19.8 × 19.6 × 10.7 cm = 7.80” × 7.72” × 4.21”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.52” × 1.02”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETU260AO0: Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved, with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Monumental.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 20.4 × 13.8 × 10.3 cm = 8.03” × 5.43” × 4.06”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42”

Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
 

MF13AK6: Fan-like growths of prismatic Epidote crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with good terminal faces, bright and very deep color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals. Previously labeled as "Imilchil", now the location is more accurate.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 53 of the 2020/01 edition.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.57” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47”

Epidote with Quartz
 

MD13AK6: Fan-shaped growths of very aerial prismatic Epidote crystals on Quartz crystals, with good terminal faces, bright and very deep in color. Previously labeled as "Imilchil", now the location is more accurate.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.34” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
 

ME26AK6: Fan-shaped growths of very aerial prismatic Epidote crystals on Quartz crystals, with good terminal faces, bright and very deep in color. Previously labeled as "Imilchil", now the location is more accurate.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.6 × 2 cm = 2.48” × 1.42” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

Epidote with Quartz
 

MG26AK6: Groups of prismatic Epidote crystals with good terminal faces, in fan-shaped aggregates, lustrous and very deep color. Previously labeled as "Imilchil", now the location is more accurate.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09/2019)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.87” × 1.81” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.67” × 0.43”

Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
 

MG6AL5: Fan-like growths of short prismatic crystals of Epidote rich in terminal faces, shiny, and very deep in color, on matrix, with Quartz. Previously labeled as coming from "Imilchil", but we now know a more precise location.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.9 × 3.4 cm = 3.23” × 3.11” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

Epidote with Quartz

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Epidote with Quartz
 

SV3220EJB: The prolific zone of Morocco known as 'Imilchil' continues to produce tirelessly. In the Jebel Masker subzone, in January 2023, a pocket with beautiful Epidote crystals appeared, not very large but brilliantly lustrous, luminous, grouped in sheaves, and accompanied by Quartz crystals.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (01/2023)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.3 × 2.8 cm = 3.27” × 2.48” × 1.10”

Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz. Front
Front
Epidote with Quartz. Side
Side
Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
Epidote with Quartz  

EY97AK5: Drusy fans of prismatic crystals with defined, translucent, faces and edges, with bright luster and a very intense, deep and uniform pistachio-green color. On matrix with small colorless, transparent and very bright crystals of Quartz. The specimen, from an area (Jebel Masker) little known until now, comes from the Christian Mondeilh collection (No. D / 2016), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6.1 × 3.4 cm = 3.58” × 2.40” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh
Epidote with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Epidote with Quartz
 

SV3240EJD: The prolific zone of Morocco known as 'Imilchil' continues to produce tirelessly. In the Jebel Masker subzone, in January 2023, a pocket with beautiful Epidote crystals appeared, not very large but brilliantly lustrous, luminous, grouped in sheaves, and accompanied by Quartz crystals.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (01/2023)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 8.3 × 3.3 cm = 4.21” × 3.27” × 1.30”

Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.
Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz. Epidote with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Epidote with Quartz
 

SV3280EJF: The prolific zone of Morocco known as 'Imilchil' continues to produce tirelessly. In the Jebel Masker subzone, in January 2023, a pocket with beautiful Epidote crystals appeared, not very large but brilliantly lustrous, luminous, grouped in sheaves, and accompanied by Quartz crystals.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (01/2023)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.25” × 2.68” × 1.77”

Epidote with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Epidote with Quartz
 

SV3260EJE: The prolific zone of Morocco known as 'Imilchil' continues to produce tirelessly. In the Jebel Masker subzone, in January 2023, a pocket with beautiful Epidote crystals appeared, not very large but brilliantly lustrous, luminous, grouped in sheaves, and accompanied by Quartz crystals.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (01/2023)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 7.2 × 4.7 cm = 4.41” × 2.83” × 1.85”

Epidote with Quartz. Front
Front
Epidote with Quartz. Side
Side
Epidote with Quartz.

Chabazite-Ca

The rich and large Imilchil area continues to produce wonderful new things.
In Ste. Marie 2006 it was Chabazite-Ca (Calcium dominant but also Potassium rich - analysis made by Barcelona's University)
Its color is intense with good luster, and also good crystal size and an evident beauty.

Chabazite-Ca
Chabazite-Ca.
 

EB7H5: Intense color, displaying well on its thin matrix.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 479 in the volume 37, number 5
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

Chabazite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca
 

EB63J7: One of the novelties from Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2007. The crystals of Chabazite-Ca look cubic because the angles of the rhombohedron are nearly 90º. Stilbite-Ca crystals form bow-tie growths.
Takat, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2007)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.71”

Chabazite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca.
Stilbite-Ca with Chabazite-Ca
Stilbite-Ca with Chabazite-Ca.
 

EC14J7: One of the novelties from Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2007. A group forming bow-tie growths, with a crystal of Chabazite-Ca that looks cubic because the angles of the rhombohedron are nearly 90º.
Takat, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.38” × 0.87”

Chabazite-Ca
 

EF11H5: Individual crystals, isolated and with excellent luster and color.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2006 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 70, page 41.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.3 × 5 cm = 3.43” × 2.87” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

Chabazite-Ca.
Chabazite-Ca.

TOUNFIT FLUORITE


At the beginning of 2006 for the first time this Fluorite appeared in Morocco. It is from an old mine 1700 meters high in a mountain near the Tounfit village. First samples found were good quality but it was in Ste. Marie 2006 where we saw, and purchased, an exceptional parcel with samples of two different crystallizations and also different color and luster.
Welcome to the market, Tounfit Fluorite! We are sure that for your quality and originality you will be famous!

Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz  

HM90EB: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent and with two different shades of color, lilac in most of the crystal and intense violet on the edges. On matrix, with small Quartz crystals. Very different from other Fluorites from the same locality.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2014)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.1 × 1.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.22” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”

Fluorite
 

EK64I1: Curious crystallization with well defined faces of the cube, dodecahedron and octahedron. The octahedron faces truncate the corners and have complete growth of corners, as pyramids on the platy triangular surface.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 1.77” × 1.77” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite.
 

EQ56H7: A group of cubic crystals that have very sharp and bright faces and edges. The violet color is exceptionally intense and it even hides, due to its intensity, the magnificent transparency, visible under an intense spotlight.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.28” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.91” × 0.79”

Fluorite
 

EJ17H6: Very aerial group of cubic crystals that have very sharp and bright faces and edges. The violet color is exceptionally intense and it even hides, due to its intensity, the magnificent transparency, visible under an intense spotlight.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 480 in the volume 37, number 5.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.71”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite.
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz  

HM110EA: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent and with two different shades of color, lilac in most of the crystal and intense violet on the edges. On matrix, with small Quartz crystals. Very different from other Fluorites from the same locality.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2014)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5 × 2.5 cm = 2.60” × 1.97” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

Fluorite
 

EV16H7: Crystals show a very rare double habit where two phases of growth co-exist. Both phases are very well marked by the differences of color and luster. The first phase forms an inner octahedron, bright and of very deep violet color, only distinguishable because the second phase, whitish and less bright, formed the cube and the triangular faces of the octahedron that allowed the tips of the primitive octahedron to project as small pyramids.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.72” × 2.60” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94”

Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite.
 

MB7T6: Aggregate of translucent crystals with a curious crystallization in which appear, very well defined, the faces of the cube, dodecahedron and octahedron cutting the corners with overgrowths forming small pyramids in the flat triangular surface.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2006)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 7.1 × 5.2 cm = 2.99” × 2.80” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.57” × 1.34”

Fluorite with Calcite
 

EM99I1: Group of beveled cubic crystals of very deep color, partially covered by Calcite with curious shapes of dissolution showing its zoned structure. It is one of the best specimens with Calcite from the locality.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.7 × 3 cm = 3.23” × 3.03” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.91”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite
Fluorite.
Fluorite.
 

EE7H6: Crystals show a very uncommon double habit because in them two phases of growth co-exist. Both phases are very well marked by the differences of color and luster. The first phase forms an inner octahedron, bright and of very deep violet color, only distinguishable because the second phase, whitish and less bright, formed the cube and the triangular faces of octahedron that allowed the tips of the primitive octahedron to project as small pyramids on a plane.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 4.45” × 2.05” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite
 

EG49H6: Very aerial and esthetic group of cubic crystals that have very sharp and bright faces and edges with soft mosaic growths on the faces of the cube. The violet color is exceptionally intense and it even hides, due to its intensity, the magnificent transparency, visible with under an intense spotlight. The sample is on matrix and this is not usual for Tounfit Fluorite.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 12 × 6.3 × 4.5 cm = 4.72” × 2.48” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.38”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
 

GE27AK0: Group of crystals with a very unusual double habit, with two growth phases very marked by the difference in color. A first one that forms a very intense and bright violet octahedral interior, only visible because the second phase, whitish in color and somewhat less bright, with the shapes of the cube and octahedron, allows the tips of the former octahedron to stand out, like small pyramids on a plane. The sample is from the Casado Margolles collection (number FRM 270) whose record we will send to the buyer.
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 12.4 × 7.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.88” × 2.99” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.46”

Former collection of Casado Margolles

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