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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


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Jebel Ouichane Baryte

Baryte with limonite
Baryte with limonite. Front
Front
Baryte with limonite. Side
Side
 

MF66AA8: A cluster of groups of thin tabular crystals in parallel growths, transparent and very bright, with an intense and uniform sky-blue color and on a limonite matrix. In perfect condition, which for these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (09/2014)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.81” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.39”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Baryte
 

EM67AK1: Parallel growths of thin and very sharp tabular crystals of Baryte with slight curvatures, transparent, a very intense and uniform blue color, with small white crystals of Calcite and on matrix. In perfect condition, which with these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (10-11/2014)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.65” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 0.79”

Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Side
Side
Baryte. Side
Side
Baryte with Calcite and limonite
Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Baryte with Calcite and limonite.
 

EH68AA0: Parallel growths, on limonite matrix, of thin tabular crystals with slight curvatures on their faces and edges. They are very transparent, very bright and have a very intense and uniform sky-blue color. In perfect condition,
which for these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05-06/2014)

Specimen size: 6 × 6 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 2.36” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.81” × 0.59”

Baryte with Calcite and limonite
 

EH47AA0: Parallel and rod-like growths, on matrix, of thin elongated crystals with slight curvatures, transparent and very bright. They have an intense sky-blue color on the prism and are colorless on the terminations. In perfect condition, which for these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05-06/2014)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.40” × 2.13” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.08”

Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Baryte with Calcite and limonite.
Baryte with limonite
Baryte with limonite. Front
Front
Baryte with limonite. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MFF47AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slight curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform light blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle, and comes from a November 2022 find in a locality that was believed to not yield any more quality specimens.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.48” × 1.85” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.20” × 0.87”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Baryte
 

EX89W2: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Parallel and divergent aggregates, on limonite matrix, of elongated crystals that are very acute and have good terminations. They are between transparent and translucent, and are bright with an intense and uniform sky blue color.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 2012’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 85 of number 5/2012
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (01-04/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.5 × 5.8 cm = 2.87” × 2.56” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 1.7 cm = 2.80” × 0.67”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Baryte.
Baryte with Calcite and limonite
Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Front
Front
Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Calcite and limonite.
 

EL89AC2: Parallel growths of thick laminar crystals with slight curvatures, transparent and very bright. They have an intense sky-blue color and are on limonite matrix with small transparent Calcite crystals. In perfect condition, which for these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (10-11/2014)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.2 × 5 cm = 2.91” × 2.83” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.77” × 0.59”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Baryte with Calcite and limonite
 

EJ28AA0: Parallel growths, on limonite matrix, of thin tabular crystals with slight curvatures on their faces and edges. They are very transparent, very bright and have a very intense and uniform sky-blue color. In perfect condition,
which for these Barytes is like a small miracle.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #38, July 19, 2014 edition.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05-06/2014)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.4 × 4.1 cm = 3.11” × 2.52” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.22” × 0.43”

Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Baryte with Calcite and limonite.
Baryte with limonite
Baryte with limonite. Baryte with limonite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MTP27AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slight curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform light blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle, and comes from a November 2022 find in a locality that was believed to not yield any more quality specimens.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 3.27” × 1.73” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.43”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Baryte with limonite
 

EM90AC2: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened prismatic crystals, mostly doubly terminated, with slight curvatures on their edges, transparent, very bright and with a very intense sky-blue color. In perfect condition, which for these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (10-11/2014)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.2 × 4.5 cm = 3.70” × 2.83” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 9.4 × 2.5 cm = 3.70” × 0.98”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Baryte with limonite. Front
Front
Baryte with limonite. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Calcite and limonite
Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Front
Front
Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Side
Side
Baryte with Calcite and limonite.
 

MR86AB0: Parallel aggregates of thin doubly terminated prismatic crystals, with slight curvatures on the edges, translucent, bright, with a uniform sky-blue color and on a limonite matrix coated by small Calcite crystals. In perfect condition, which for these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (09/2014)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.7 × 5.5 cm = 3.86” × 2.64” × 2.17”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Baryte with Calcite and limonite
 

EG99AC7: Parallel and rod-like growths of thin elongated crystals with slight curvatures, transparent and very bright. They have an intense sky-blue color and are on a limonite matrix, with small transparent Calcite crystals. In excellent condition, which for these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (10-11/2014)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 8.8 × 6.7 cm = 4.92” × 3.46” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 0.79”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Front
Front
Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Top
Top
Baryte with Calcite and limonite.
Baryte with Calcite and limonite
Baryte with Calcite and limonite. Baryte with Calcite and limonite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EB26AL3: Parallel growths and bundles of fine elongated crystals on matrix, with slight curvatures, transparent, very shiny, light blue in color on the prism and colorless on the terminations. In a very good state of conservation, which in these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05-06/2014)

Specimen size: 13.9 × 8.8 × 6.1 cm = 5.47” × 3.46” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2 cm = 1.97” × 0.79”


El Hamman

Calcite with Pyrite
 

TG6AD6: Divergent group of white translucent crystals with reddish Hematite inclusions near the base of the prisms. The crystals, with simple and very well defined forms, consist of a prism and three terminal faces of a flat rhombohedron. The piece is from a single find in the El Hammam area in 2008.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (11/2008)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.2 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 2.44” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 0.91”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Calcite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Calcite with Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Calcite with Pyrite, Goethite and Fluorite
Calcite with Pyrite, Goethite and Fluorite. Front
Front
Calcite with Pyrite, Goethite and Fluorite. Rear
Rear
 

TM16N6: Group of white crystals of Calcite with very well defined forms. The crystals consist of two prisms of three alternating faces and the three terminal faces of a flat rhombohedron but their surfaces are very rich in polycrystalline growths. They are on a matrix of botryoidal Goethite partially coated by small iridescent crystals of Pyrite. A very esthetic. piece from a recent find in the El Hammam area.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (11/2008)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.6 × 6.8 cm = 3.43” × 3.39” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.22”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite with Pyrite
 

MM26W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Parallel aggregates of Calcite crystals with a wide pinacoidal face, a much flattened rhombohedron and a poorly developed prism that has very bright faces. This crystal habit exhibits the so called “poker chip” morphology. The Calcite is partially coated by growths of small cubic crystals of Pyrite.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (07/2012)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.28” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 1.06”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite with Pyrite. Calcite with Pyrite.
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite.
 

EP66H9: Group of cubic crystals that have green color with slight violet shades and are partially covered by small crystals of white Calcite and Pyrite. We note its spectacular color change: deep green in incandescent or fluorescent light and also green but with wide zonations of sky blue under natural light.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (04/2005)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.46” × 2.13” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite
Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite  

TC110GV: Elongated Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces, translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, coated by small groups of Quartz crystals with a very short prism and Pyrite microcrystals. The specimen comes from the Casado Margolles collection, whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (±2007)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.4 × 3.4 cm = 4.09” × 2.52” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.26”

Former collection of Casado Margolles
Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite.
Fluorite with Pyrite
Fluorite with Pyrite.
 

TJ39D1: The Pyrite coating is very nice and brilliant, and the Fluorite is a very agreeable green color. Some minor white Quartz adds to the specimen and, which is extremely rare for the specimens from this wild isolated locality, it is damage free!
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 10.5 × 6 cm = 5.31” × 4.13” × 2.36”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Tazalarht

Azurite with Quartz
 

TE12N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. From a new Moroccan locality, not yet well determined. Azurite forms groups of small crystals, almost globular, on a Quartz matrix that has a curious coating that, analyzed, is a melange of clay, chalky powder and some kind of submicrocrystalline copper phosphate.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Tucson 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 7 of number 3/2009.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (10/2008)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.65” × 1.18”

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

Azurite with Quartz.
Azurite
Azurite.
 

TF16N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. From a new Moroccan locality, not yet well determined. Azurite, on Quartz matrix, forms flattened crystals with parallel growths and multiple terminations. On the lower part, these crystals are partially coated by a material that, analyzed, is a melange of clay, chalky powder and some kind of submicrocrystalline copper phosphate.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (10/2008)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Azurite
 

EPX99CD5: Group of numerous Azurite crystals on a rock matrix, partially covered by a yellowish layer of iron oxides (analyzed). The Azurite crystals are very sharp and perfectly defined, with a very deep and intense blue color.
The specimen comes from the mining area of Tazalarht, in Morocco, from a relatively recent discovery.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01-02/2023)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 5.1 cm = 3.07” × 2.64” × 2.01”

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

Analyzed

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Azurite
Azurite. Azurite.
 

TJ27N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. From a new Moroccan locality, not yet well determined. Azurite, on Quartz matrix, forms flattened crystals with parallel growths and multiple terminations. The luster and the color are very good.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (10/2008)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 8 × 3.5 cm = 3.78” × 3.15” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Azurite with Malachite
 

LZ27AK4: Stalactitic growth of brilliant lenticular Azurite crystals with very bright color, on a first generation of crystals of similar morphology, matte and very dark blue, with small coatings of Malachite. The specimen, from a not very well known locality, comes from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 792), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4 × 1.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.57” × 0.67”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite.
Malachite
Malachite.
 

TB10AN2: A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Coatings of primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green in color, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On a limonite matrix. The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.51”

Malachite on Quartz
 

MEB87ASN5: New find in Munich 2024, featured in edition 56, number 1, of the Mineralogical Record magazine.
Group of Malachite crystals, of considerable size for the locality, with well-defined faces and edges, and a very uniform deep green color, which have grown on a hyaline and well-defined Quartz crystal.
The specimen has been analyzed and identified as Malachite, and although a pseudomorph cannot be ruled out, this possibility seems unlikely to us, given the appearance, shape, and great luster of the crystals.
The Tazalarht mining area continues to offer pleasant mineral surprises.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.85” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

Analyzed

Photo: Joaquim Callén

Malachite after Azurite

Recorded under neon light
 

MTF66CD5: Group of Malachite pseudomorphs with two different habits, one with thin, quadratic tabular crystals of what could perhaps have been Baryte, and the other with more elongated and thinner crystals of what perhaps could have been Azurite. Implanted on a limonitic rock matrix.
The specimen comes from the Tazalarht mining district in Morocco, from a relatively recent discovery.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01-02/2023)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.09” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

Malachite on limonite
 

TMT66CD6: Group of coralloidal aggregates formed by Malachite crystals of uniform grass-green color on limonitic rock matrix from the Tazalarht mining district in Morocco.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2023)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.56” × 1.46”


Recorded under neon light
Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
 

NA14V4: Arborescent growth of slightly defined crystals of native Copper with small grains of massive Quartz. It is from a new locality for Morocco, in which only this kind of samples of Copper are known. We hope that it will give agreeable surprises in the next future.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (09/2011)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 3.03” × 1.73” × 1.30”

Copper
 

NB14V4: Arborescent growth of slightly defined crystals of native Copper with small grains of massive Quartz. It is from a new locality for Morocco, in which only this kind of samples of Copper are known. We hope that it will give agreeable surprises in the next future.
Tazalarht Quarry, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (09/2011)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.7 × 2.2 cm = 3.07” × 1.85” × 0.87”

Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
Olivenite and Azurite
Olivenite and Azurite. Olivenite and Azurite.
 

EA13AD8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Aggregates of acicular Olivenite crystals, individualized or forming radial aggregates, with the olive-green color typical for the species, on limonite matrix and with rosette aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with a vivid and deep color. The Olivenite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. As usual with the Moroccan novelties, the locality is not yet completely confirmed, but it is very plausible that it is Tazalarht.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.38” × 1.30” × 0.71”

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

Olivenite and Azurite
 

EZ10AD8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Aggregates of acicular Olivenite crystals, individualized or forming radial aggregates, with the olive-green color typical for the species, on limonite matrix and with rosette aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with a vivid and deep color. The Olivenite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. As usual with the Moroccan novelties, the locality is not yet completely confirmed, but it is very plausible that it is Tazalarht.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.61” × 1.10” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

Olivenite and Azurite. Olivenite and Azurite.
Olivenite and Azurite
Olivenite and Azurite. Olivenite and Azurite.
 

EX14AD8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Aggregates of acicular Olivenite crystals, individualized or forming radial aggregates, with the olive-green color typical for the species, on limonite matrix and with rosette aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with a vivid and deep color. The Olivenite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. As usual with the Moroccan novelties, the locality is not yet completely confirmed, but it is very plausible that it is Tazalarht.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 1.10”

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

Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz
 

EA28AB9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment.
As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 3.1 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz. Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz.
Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz
Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz. Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz.
 

EF97AB9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment.
As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.4 × 1 cm = 1.61” × 0.94” × 0.39”

Erythrite with Phlogopite
 

EE68AB9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment.
As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

Erythrite with Phlogopite. Erythrite with Phlogopite.
Erythrite with Phlogopite
Erythrite with Phlogopite. Front
Front
Erythrite with Phlogopite. Side
Side
Erythrite with Phlogopite. Erythrite with Phlogopite.
 

EA88AC2: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Aggregate of very elongated crystals that have a quite different shape than the better known Erythrite from Bou Azzer. These crystals in a Phlogopite-rich matrix are notable by their luster and color, very intense and uniform.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.56” × 2.09” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.16”

Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz
 

EB98AB9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment.
As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2015 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 07-08/2015, page 73
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.28” × 1.30” × 1.42”

Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz. Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz.

Taouz

Vanadinite with Siderite
Vanadinite with Siderite. Vanadinite with Siderite.
 

EK9Y2: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. A fine isolated group of tabular Vanadinite crystals, with a very intense color and luster and spread over an unusual matrix of small lenticular Siderite crystals.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

Vanadinite with Siderite
 

EV10Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Fine isolated divergent groups of tabular Vanadinite crystals, with a very intense color and luster and spread over an unusual matrix of rhombohedral Siderite.
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.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.10” × 1.26”

Vanadinite with Siderite. Vanadinite with Siderite.
Vanadinite with Siderite
Vanadinite with Siderite. Vanadinite with Siderite.
 

EX60Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Fine isolated globular Vanadinite growths, one of them clearly dominant, formed by tabular crystals, with very intense color and luster and spread on an unusual matrix of rhombohedral Siderite matrix.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.18” × 0.91”

Vanadinite
 

96DMG4: Crystals have considerable size and good color. They show the typical morphology of Taouz and are spread on matrix, which allows one to clearly appreciate their excellent development.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 8.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.85” × 3.27”

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

Vanadinite. Front
Front
Vanadinite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite with Siderite
Vanadinite with Siderite.
Vanadinite with Siderite.
Vanadinite with Siderite  

TC90EA: Rosette aggregates of very sharp tabular Vanadinite crystals with an intense color and luster, dispersed on an unusual matrix of rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.30” × 1.14”

Vanadinite with Siderite
 

ET11Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Divergent groups and isolated tabular Vanadinite crystals with a very intense color and luster and spread over an unusual matrix of rhombohedral Siderite.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.38” × 1.81”

Vanadinite with Siderite. Vanadinite with Siderite.
Vanadinite with Calcite
Vanadinite with Calcite. Front
Front
Vanadinite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite with Calcite.
 

TA50AJ4: Columnar and globular Vanadinite growths with curious and very esthetic crested forms of very sharp tabular crystals with a very intense color and luster and partially coated by white Calcite. Perhaps it reminds one of a swan? A dromedary? Who knows! 😃
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.2 × 5.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.05” × 2.01”

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

Vanadinite with Goethite
 

MG47AF0: Spheroidal growths of thin tabular Vanadinite crystals with well defined faces and edges, with a color between pinkish and orange and on Goethite matrix. The sample is different from the usual at the locality.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 9.9 × 5.5 × 6.7 cm = 3.90” × 2.17” × 2.64”

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

Vanadinite with Goethite. Front
Front
Vanadinite with Goethite. Side
Side
Vanadinite with Goethite.
Quartz with Siderite
Quartz with Siderite. Quartz with Siderite.
 

AB63AM7: Quartz crystal with very sharp crystal forms, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, colorless, and implanted on a matrix of rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.85” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

Quartz with Siderite
 

AA11AM7: Quartz crystal with very sharp crystal forms, partially doubly terminated, transparent, lustrous, with inclusions, and implanted on a matrix with rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.43”

Quartz with Siderite. Quartz with Siderite.
Quartz on Siderite
Quartz on Siderite. Quartz on Siderite.
 

N11BI7: Doubly terminated, very bright and absolutely clear crystal. It is on a matrix of crystallized Siderite. The crystal has curious deformations on the terminal faces and shows inclusions on its central zone.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm = 3.70” × 2.99” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1 cm = 1.34” × 0.39”

Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions
 

EB66F9: Good quality Cerussits, not so long ago, were relatively common from Touissit and Mibladen, two of the biggest classic localities in Morocco. Samples from Taouz are much more difficult to find. This one is a group of twinned Cerussite crystals with a silky aspect and excellent development on matrix.
Bouzougar, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/05/2003)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4 × 4.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.57” × 1.65”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions. Front
Front
Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions. Side
Side

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