EXM70AP0: Roselite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with fine polycrystalline growths and marked curvatures. Some of them are doubly terminated, between translucent and transparent, with great luster and an intense deep red color. On matrix of pink Calcite.
A Moroccan classic of high quality.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

ELB27AP3: Roselite crystals, on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and marked curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, between translucent and transparent, very lustrous and colored between mauve and an intense deep red. A Moroccan classic from the K.P. Hammond collection.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.8 × 3 cm = 2.32” × 1.50” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

ED37AA4: Isolated crystals of magnesian Roselite. They are very well defined, a lot of them doubly terminated, translucent, have a very intense, deep and uniform color that strongly contrasts with the snow white Calcite matrix. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

MMX76AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Roselite crystals, on matrix, with pale pink Calcite, with very well defined faces and edges, distinct curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, between translucent and transparent, with very bright luster and a color between mauve and an intense deep red. A Moroccan classic.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4 × 1.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.57” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

EFR86AP0: Profiled Roselite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, many of them doubly terminated. Transparent, with excellent luster and an intense deep red color. On matrix, with Calcite.
A Moroccan classic.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.2 × 5.3 cm = 3.66” × 2.44” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

TP11AD2: Spheroidal aggregates and small crystals of intensely deep green Conichalcite on a Calcite matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2015)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.77” × 1.26”

EM16Z5: Small acicular Goethite crystals, very bright and with reddish reflections due to its pleochroism. They are on a matrix with Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated, and with small botryoidal Conichalcite aggregates. Different than most of the usual samples from the Bou Azzer area.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 555 in the volume 90, number 6, Nov/Dec 2015
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2013)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 5.4 × 6.7 cm = 3.82” × 2.13” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

CB16G2: A very esthetic specimen. This Dolomite, of an attractive color, is partially covered by Marcasite cockscombs, and these covered by Goethite. The specimen caught our attention and we analyzed it to be sure about the identification. We will send the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 8 × 4.7 cm = 4.65” × 3.15” × 1.85”

EH96T4: Groups and single rhombohedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, and with intense and deep color, on matrix.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.9 × 3.7 cm = 3.46” × 2.72” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

EL10V1: Groups of unusually well differentiated octahedral crystals with small cube faces, very well defined and very bright. They are on matrix, with Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2011)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.54” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

TB46V7: Irregular aggregate of very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals of Skutterudite, with very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of the same Skutterudite and with white Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2011)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 1.50”

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

MBD37AO3: Stalactitic growth of a group of cubo-octahedral Skutterudite crystals with very sharp and lustrous crystal forms. The group, very aerial on its matrix is a Moroccan classic.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

TD96AN1: Pyritohedral crystals of Skutterudite, one of them clearly dominant, very lustrous, on matrix and with Quartz crystals. Although in 2020 and 2021 Skutterudites with Quartz are being found again in Bouismas, this is an old piece.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.95” × 2.40” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.63”

CTX87CD5: Aggregate of cuboctahedral Skutterudite crystals with perfectly defined faces and edges, on matrix and extraordinarily lustrous, a property that has not been lost over the time since its collection.
This specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto (number 2011.18) whose digital catalogue file, handwritten label, and a previous label from Fabre Minerals, we will send to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2011)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.24” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

EBB47CD3: Aerial growths of Allargentum
that appear intergrown with Silver with a high mercury content, with some of the faces being well defined, and with small remnants of Calcite which has been acid-etched to reveal the sulfides and native elements.
These are important crystals for the species Allargentum, which is a much rarer species than Dyscrasite. In fact, until the appearance of these Bouismas allargentums, quality specimens were hardly known and, in general, had poorly defined crystals.
The piece has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 0.8 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1 cm = 1.06” × 0.39”

TP79Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2010/2
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

EA98T4: The Allargentum, as very well defined crystals, appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite, forming dendritic growths on a Calcite matrix with fibrous aggregates of Actinolite. The Allargentum is dominant in the analysis so, following IMA recommendations, we label the sample in this way. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2010)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.38” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.20”

TZ69Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 11, volume 40, number 6, June 2015
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.38” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

ED28R3: The Allargentum, as very elongated crystals, appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite, forming dendritic growths on Calcite matrix and with centered growths of acicular crystals of Actinolite. The Allargentum appears as dominant on the analysis, so, following the IMA recommendations, we label the sample as this. We’ll send copy of the analysis, both of the Allargentum and the Actinolite, to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 32, volume 35, number 11, November 2010.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2010)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.97” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.04”

TV49Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 33, volume 35, number 11, November 2010.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm = 2.24” × 1.46” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.08”

TX47Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. The Allargentum appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite. It is clearly differentiated and dominant in the analysis of the sample, so the right label is Allargentum. The Allargentum forms arborescent growths on a Calcite-rich matrix with small groups of Actinolite and thin filaments of a not analyzed metallic mineral. We’ll send a copy of the analysis.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2009)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.42” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

EC98T4: The Allargentum, as very well defined crystals, appears intergrown with Silver and Dyscrasite, forming dendritic growths on a Calcite matrix with fibrous aggregates of Actinolite. The Allargentum is dominant in the analysis so, following IMA recommendations, we label the sample in this way. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2010)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.83” × 2.17” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.12”

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”

MLM47AP5: Elongated parallel growths of very large and spectacular Allargentum crystals with mechanical curvatures, with brilliant luster, on a Calcite matrix.
This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 8.8 × 5.1 cm = 5.28” × 3.46” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1 cm = 1.65” × 0.39”

MBH91AP5: Arborescent growth of Allargentum pseudomorphs after Dyscrasite crystals with easily visible Dyscrasite crystal forms. It sits on a Calcite matrix, with Sphalerite and small black crystals of Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite.
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.42” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.24”

TLM74AP5: Arborescent growth of Allargentum pseudomorphs after Dyscrasite crystals, with the Dyscrasite crystal forms cleary visible, on a Calcite matrix.
This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 3.07” × 1.61” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”

MB66P5: A novelty in Munich 2009. Dyscrasite appears intergrown with Silver and Allargentum. Dyscrasite is dominant in the analysis of the sample, so following the IMA recommendations, we should label it as Dyscrasite. On this specimen the Dyscrasite forms arborescent growths on a Calcite rich matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.91” × 0.55”

MD98P5: A novelty in Munich 2009. Dyscrasite appears intergrown with Silver and Allargentum. Dyscrasite is dominant in the analysis of the sample, so following the IMA recommendations, we should label it as Dyscrasite. On this specimen the Dyscrasite forms arborescent growths on a Calcite rich matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (06/2009)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm = 3.54” × 2.24” × 1.46”

MA89AF3: Very aerial arborescent growth of very elongated Dyscrasite crystals pseudomorphous after Allargentum crystals. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of the generic analysis that we have periodically done on these of samples.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.3 × 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 2.48” × 0.55” × 0.28”

MXB88AP6: Arborescent and parallel growths of cubic Silver crystals, very sharp and lustrous and very aerial on their Calcite matrix.
A very aesthetic and high quality miniature from a find made in July of 2022.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

EC70Y2: From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this sample the Silver forms dendritc growths and parallel aggregates and the crystals are thick and elongated with very well defined faces and edges, and are on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.69” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”

EB89Y2: From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this case it is an aggregate of thick and elongated Silver crystals with very well defined faces and edges that are on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

EA9Y2: From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this case it is an aggregate of thick and elongated Silver crystals with very well defined faces and edges that are on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

TFH94AP5: Very aerial arborescent growth of Silver, with good luster and sharp crystal forms, associated with small crystals of Safflorite with blackish tones and Löllingite, on a matrix of Calcite. Very elegant and of great quality. This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

EM11AB7: Silver crystals with rounded surfaces and with inclusions and chemical mixtures with Arsenopyrite, silver-rich Tennantite and Pearceite. This complex sample has been analyzed and we’ll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 0.71”

ED51Y2: From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this case with an aggregate of thick and elongated Silver crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #35, August 14, 2013 edition.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

ET10AA7: A curiosity: columnar Silver growths with only slightly defined crystalline surfaces, on matrix, with associated Arsenopyrite, silver-rich Tennantite and Pearceite. All the species on the sample have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the results to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.75” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.24”

TBR47AP9: Very aerial group of Erythrite crystals, on matrix, very sharp, some of them doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense mauve color.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”

TC80ML: Elongated aggregates of sharp and very flattened lenticular crystals of Löllingite, with bright luster, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2016)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.2 × 4.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.26” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

MB96AC6: Spheroidal aggregates of lenticular Löllingite crystals that are bright and on a matrix with Quartz and scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2015)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.5 × 3.6 cm = 2.72” × 2.56” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TC80NX: Spheroidal aggregates of lenticular Löllingite crystals, with bright luster, on matrix, with deformed scalenohedral Calcite crystals and small bundles of acicular Actinolite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2015)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.6 × 5.6 cm = 3.23” × 1.81” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

EA6Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Very fine and esthetic aggregate of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and acute and slightly rounded terminations. These Proustite samples, very different than those from Imiter, undoubtedly are one of the most interesting novelties from Morocco in the last years.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

TY87AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. An elongated prismatic Proustite crystal with an excellent, very acute, pyramidal termination. The crystal, transparent and very bright, has an extraordinary ruby-red color.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.16” × 0.16”

TC48AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. An elongated prismatic Proustite crystal with parallel growths. The crystal, transparent and very bright, has an extraordinary ruby-red color.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.20” × 0.20”

EB36Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Very fine and esthetic aggregate of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and acute and slightly rounded terminations. These Proustite samples, very different than those from Imiter, undoubtedly are one of the most interesting novelties from Morocco in the last years.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #35, August 14, 2013 edition.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

ED37Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Aggregate, on a matrix coated by small rhombohedral Calcite crystals, of Proustite crystals with very well faces and edges and acute and slightly rounded terminations. They are translucent, very bright and have a very deep red color. These Proustite samples, very different than those from Imiter, undoubtedly are one of the most interesting novelties from Morocco in the last years.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 0.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.38” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

ML36AE6: A dendritic cluster of very elongated Proustite crystals that are translucent, bright, have a vivid and intense red color and are on a rocky matrix, with massive Calcite. Proustite crystals are rare at Bouismas, and even moreso with this “Chañarcillo” shape, relatively new here. Furthermore the sample is an excellent miniature, very fine.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

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”

SV260MRB: Quartz crystal with well developed prism and termination, slightly translucent, with very sharp faces and edges and partially covered by small rhombohedral Calcite crystals, and with Pyrite inclusions visible mainly on the back of the piece.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.2 × 6.8 cm = 4.41” × 3.23” × 2.68”

LB67AK2: Group of Calcite crystals formed by a prism with slightly curved faces, with parallel polycrystalline growths on the surface and with the terminal faces being a smooth rhombohedron. The crystals, translucent and honey yellow, exhibit very well defined phantom scalenohedral growths. The specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 644), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8.2 × 2.5 cm = 4.06” × 3.23” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.87”

TX46AN2: Rosette growths of flattened lenticular Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense color. On matrix, with Quartz.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 1.06”

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

EF76Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Acicular Realgar crystals, a very uncommon shape for the species. They have grown on and are included in parallel groups of transparent rhombohedral crystals of Calcite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 47 in number 2014/1
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 3.03” × 1.73” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

EP47Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Dense aggregates of fibrous and acicular Realgar crystals, an uncommon shape for the species. They have grown on parallel groups of transparent rhombohedral crystals of Calcite with inclusions and on matrix.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2013 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 114, page 49
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2013)

Specimen size: 11 × 7.3 × 3.5 cm = 4.33” × 2.87” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.04”

MR27AL3: Group of Baryte crystals with a very individualized elongated habit at the terminations, where they are transparent, with sharp faces and edges, a bright luster, and a very intense yellow-brown color, which contrasts with the parallel growths in the central part, where they form a curious thickening of lighter color. Great color!
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.71”

MZ56AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Aggregate of Baryte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very intense yellow color, very bright and with very well defined faces and edges. On a matrix with Calcite crystals.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.42” × 0.79” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

TC220MA: Curious isolated Baryte crystal, with a polycrystalline growth that defines distinct geometric areas with different intensities of luster and color. On matrix covered with white Calcite crystals. Very unusual.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 3.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.18” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

MT14AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Parallel aggregate of crystals with a very intense yellow color, very bright and with very well defined faces and edges. On matrix with Calcite crystals.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.61” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

MBF96CD6: Elongated tabular Baryte crystals with well defined faces and edges and with very well defined rhombohedral terminations, translucent and of a delicate uniform yellow color, with inclusions of small red Realgar crystals, all embedded in a whitish matrix formed of Calcite crystals, which ensures a noteworthy color contrast.
A specimen difficult to find nowadays in the commercial mineral market.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2013)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.50” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 1 cm = 1.89” × 0.39”

MBF37CD2: Profiled tabular crystals of Baryte, very intense in color and with inclusions of Realgar, showing geometric color zoning on the edges. They are on a matrix covered with rhombohedral flattened Calcite crystals. This piece, in a way, is the recovery of something that caught attention between 2013 and 2015 for its unexpectedness in that mine, and now with the addition of the Realgar inclusions.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2023 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 12/2023, page 38
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2013)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 1.85” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

EV14Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Aggregate of thin tabular Baryte crystals, with a vivid yellow color and orange shades. They are very clear, bright and luminous, on matrix and with white lenticular crystals of Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2013)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm = 2.64” × 2.13” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

MX57AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Aggregate of very sharp Baryte crystals with a very deep and intense toasted honey color, extraordinarily bright and on a matrix with calcite crystals.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 2.83” × 1.18” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

EM46Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Aggregate of thin tabular Baryte crystals, with a vivid yellow color and orange shades. They are very clear, bright and luminous, on matrix and with white lenticular crystals of Calcite.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2013)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.5 × 5 cm = 3.66” × 3.35” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

NG13AI0: A group of unusually sharp and very well defined tetrahedral crystals that are translucent and bright and have a very vivid honey yellow color. The sample is from a very timely finding at the Bouismas mine.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.98”