TC180ND: A very unusual piece that comes from Touissit's remote past. Druse of lustrous Sphalerite crystals with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, partially covered by large groups of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. In so many years of going there, I only saw a piece like this once.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.9 × 4.8 cm = 4.61” × 3.50” × 1.89”

NB36F2: The tabular form to the crystals is not common in Cerussite from Toussit. The small group of well-balanced Smithsonite adds a special touch.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.89” × 0.91” × 0.24”

NE16Y6: Slightly flattened crystals on a Galena matrix. They are very bright and between transparent and translucent, being some of them doubly terminated.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1973)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 2.09” × 1.22” × 1.18”

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

E14QI7: Group of fine prismatic crystals on matrix, some of them doubly terminated, and they all are completely transparent and extraordinarily bright.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.34” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.20”

ND76V7: Lattice aggregate of twinned tabular shaped crystals. They are colorless, very bright and transparent, and their morphology, uncommon for Touissit Cerussite, is similar to that of Tsumeb.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.80” × 1.89” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.06”

MRF28CD4: An interesting set of secondary lead minerals from the legendary Touissit. The matrix displays ancient molds of relict cubic Galena crystals and, thanks to an area of cementation, various secondary minerals derived from the initial lead sulfide, resulting in a partial coating of cream-colored Dolomite crystals on which whitish twinned crystals of Cerussite are intergrown with remnants of dark Galena and finally, a beautiful group of lustrous Wulfenite crystals with an intense yellowish color adorning the center of the piece, where they cover an elongated Cerussite crystal, larger and with a different habit and colour than the other crystals of Cerussite on the piece.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.91” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.31”

MRV92CD3: One of the secondary lead compounds par excellence: Cerussite. In this specimen it appears in its maximum splendor, with very aerial and developed crystals, with a multitude of V twins and some cyclic twins. Cream tones, very lustrous and pearly, and in matrix.
The specimen comes from the famous Touissit locality, in Morocco, and stands out for its perfection, not always easy to achieve in specimens from this locality.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.52” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.47”

TY16N9: Flat twinned crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They are grayish and have an excellent luster and are on matrix. Very different from the usual Cerussite from Touissit.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1994)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 4.02” × 1.93” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

EG68AA1: Aggregate of extremely sharp Anglesite crystals, translucent, very bright, and very rich with dark-gray Galena inclusions and on a matrix of granular Galena.The sample, finely mounted, is with a label of the Jacques Dayssiols collection that we will send to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 0.63”

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

ER28H1: A group of very well-defined crystals which have an uncommon habit. They have a magnificent luster, deep yellow color and abundant inclusions of Galena. Unusual and especially nice.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1996)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.8 × 2.1 cm = 2.17” × 2.28” × 0.83”

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

TK37W7: Sharp, transparent crystals on a matrix of Galena that partially fills some of the Anglesite crystals. Very bright and with an especially intense yellow color. A Moroccan classic.

The Touissit Mine was a historic operation that produced azurites, malachites, cerussites, vanadinites, wulfenites, argentiferous galenas, sphalerites and other lead, arsenic and zinc minerals highly valued by collectors.
It is located in the Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, one of the most important lead-zinc areas in Morocco, with Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) mineralization that replaces carbonate dolostones.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1991)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 5.3 cm = 2.56” × 1.89” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.65” × 0.67”

N78DA0: Great color!
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (02/95)

Specimen size: 7 × 2.5 cm = 2.76” × 0.98”

TC380ET: Very sharp crystals of Anglesite, transparent, with bright luster and yellow color, on a Galena matrix. Without any damage, which for this locality is very rare.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7 × 6.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.76” × 2.64” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

EH14AM1: Floater group of very sharp tabular Wulfenite crystals, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, on a matrix of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. From a recent discovery at a classic locality.
Sidi Amer area, Oued El Heimer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2020)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.63”

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

MR86AL5: Floater group of highly profiled tabular crystals rich in faces, a characteristic of Sidi Amer specimens, of a deep and uniform yellow color. A Moroccan classic.
Sidi Amer, Oued El Heimer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.1 × 3 × 2.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.18” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

EY11AL3: Group of Wulfenite crystals, between tabular and lamellar, with deep growth forms, brilliant surfaces and a more intense and deep color than usual in examples from this deposit.
Touissit Mine, Shaft XI (Puit XI), Oued Mekta, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1979)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.83” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

MG96S7: Aggregate of laminar crystals whose aspect is quite different than usual on the pieces from this locality, due to its crystals overlapping to form flattened rosettes. Their yellow color is very intense and uniform.
Sidi Amer, Oued El Heimer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.50” × 0.51”

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

EF56AM1: Floater group of tabular Wulfenite crystals, very sharp and rich in faces, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, on a Dolomite matrix. With coatings of small crystals of Mottramite. From a recent discovery at a classic locality.
Sidi Amer area, Oued El Heimer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2020)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.73” × 0.91”

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

ND46Y6: Irregular aggregate of Wulfenite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and showing very prominent pyramidal faces. The crystals, on matrix, are very bright and have a deep, intense and uniform yellow color.
Sidi Amer, Oued El Heimer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1973)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.30”

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

MJ68AA9: Very sharp Wulfenite crystals, between laminar and tabular, translucent, bright, with an intense yellow color and quadrangular phantom growths and on a Dolomite matrix. Great classic, from a historic mine.
Sidi Amer, Oued El Heimer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1981)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 4.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.38” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.75” × 0.43”

N67DAAC9: Very sharp Wulfenite crystals, between laminar and tabular, translucent, bright, with an intense yellow color and on a Dolomite matrix. A Moroccan classic, from a historic mine.
Sidi Amer, Oued El Heimer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (10/1995)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.94” × 2.20” × 1.77”

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

LF66AL0: Group of tabular Wulfenite crystals, very rich in crystalline forms, with excellent luster, between yellow and orange color very vivid and uniform and more intense than that of the best known Wulfenites from Sidi Amer. From a Moroccan locality that is already a classic for Wulfenite.
This specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 860), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Touissit Mine, Shaft XI (Puit XI), Oued Mekta, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 15.4 × 10.8 × 6.4 cm = 6.06” × 4.25” × 2.52”

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

ERD47AN5: Druse, on matrix, of slightly arsenical elongated Vanadinite crystals with curvatures, many of them doubly terminated, lustrous and of a lighter color than usual in this type of specimen, with black Mottramite coatings. The Mottramite was analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The piece comes from Touissit's past, and has a very high quality even compared to other specimens from those glorious times.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.65” × 1.18”

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

FP86C6: Huge crystal size on this arsenical Vanadinite (more Arsenic than in normal Vanadinite but not enough Arsenic to make it the variety endlichite). Its color is clearer and more esthetic than the usual material. The crystals show well their morphology. Minor black Mottramite on the bottom of the crystals too.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 1.77” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.67”

ERB96AN5: Druse, on matrix, of slightly arsenical elongated Vanadinite crystals with curvatures, many of them doubly terminated, lustrous and of a lighter color than usual in this type of specimen, with black Mottramite coatings. The Mottramite was analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The piece comes from Touissit's past, and has a very high quality even compared to other specimens from those glorious times.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.89” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.55”

ETV68AN5: Druse, on matrix, of slightly arsenical elongated Vanadinite crystals with curvatures, many of them doubly terminated, lustrous and of a lighter color than usual in this type of specimen, with black Mottramite coatings. The Mottramite was analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The piece comes from Touissit's past, and has a very high quality even compared to other specimens from those glorious times.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.50” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.31”

NB26AL5: Druse, on matrix, of elongated Vanadinite crystals rich in arsenic, with curvatures, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and lighter in color than usual in this type of specimen.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.65” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

EM96Y1: Isolated and groups of arsenian Vanadinite crystals with very well defined and slightly curved faces and edges, most of them doubly terminated. The Vanadinite crystals have an unusual tan color that contrasts nicely with the dark surface of very small Mottramite crystals coating the matrix.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 14 × 7.5 × 3.5 cm = 5.51” × 2.95” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

A26APE6: Globular Smithsonite that shows a deep color. Normally the ones from Touissit are not as good as those from Tsumeb, but this particular one is not that far off.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/96)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.7 × 5 cm = 3.74” × 3.43” × 1.97”

NF96AB5: Spheroidal growths, on matrix, of small, green and very bright Smithsonite crystals. The sample is from an old find at Touissit, where Smithsonite is an infrequent species.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 3.78” × 2.56” × 1.97”

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

TB66AL5: Botryoidal growths of small, bright, yellowish Smithsonite crystals on matrix with associated small crystals of Cerussite. The specimen is from an old find in Touissit, where Smithsonite is not a very common species, although when it does appear it is usually very bright, as in this case. This specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.


Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 17.8 × 14.6 × 5.3 cm = 7.01” × 5.75” × 2.09”

N8PH5: Its prismatic crystals have a perfect crystallization, but we call attention on its degree of transparency, very uncommon, on this plumbian variety of Aragonite. It’s also interesting to enhance the contrast with Limonite matrix with little acicular crystals of Malachite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis with the sample.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.14” × 1.22” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.35”

MF39AF0: Very elongated prismatic crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated. They have very well defined faces and edges, with a white color and are on matrix with small Smithsonite crystals. A classic of the most glorious Touissit epoch.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.9 × 5.3 × 3 cm = 3.90” × 2.09” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 8 × 0.7 cm = 3.15” × 0.28”

EC6F5: Very unusual for Touissit, this Mimetite (we have analyzed it) has formed small sharp, green crystals that have created semi-spherical groups across almost the whole specimen. Where one can see the matrix it is dark, which gives the specimen a mottled appearance. We will send the purchaser a copy of the analysis.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm = 3.35” × 2.17” × 1.57”

M57AI7: Cuprite can be considered as a very rare species at Touissit. On the sample it is in small, very bright and reddish crystals on matrix.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7 × 4.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.76” × 1.69”

M96LH5: It is really a rare local specimen. Being a common species, Baryte is very rare in Touissit. It is a complex growth apparently forming a single crystal with smoothly curved faces and edges and slightly pinkish color. The group esthetically stands on a rocky matrix.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.5 × 5.8 cm = 4.06” × 3.74” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 10.3 × 6 cm = 4.06” × 2.36”

TC120MT: Brilliant Azurite crystal with a very vivid color and a habit between tabular and short prismatic, with polycrystalline growths on the faces.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.67”

NP98AE8: A group of slightly divergent, doubly terminated, prismatic Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They are very sharp, bright, have a deep blue color and on matrix with fanlike clusters of finely fibrous Malachite. Spectacularly aesthetic.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size:  3 × 2.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.98” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.59”

LV47AK0: Group of doubly terminated crystals of Azurite with an elongated habit, very sharp faces and edges, complex terminations, very bright colors and partially coated by Malachite after Azurite. The sample is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 1011) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1990)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 2.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.46” × 0.47”

EF77AA3: Very sharp single crystal, very rich in terminal faces, very bright and with strong transparency along the lateral edges. An excellent Moroccan classic.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 1.69” × 0.51” × 0.28”

EB96AK5: Group of doubly terminated Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with very well defined faces and edges, with polycrystalline growths and excellent terminations. On a matrix of rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
The specimen is from the Christian Mondeilh collection (No. D / 1982), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1982)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 1.77” × 0.98” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1 cm = 1.46” × 0.39”

ER37AA3: Group of short prismatic Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with polycrystalline surfaces on terminations and small Cerussite crystals on their surfaces. Some of the Azurite crystals are partially pseudomorphed by Malachite.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.02” × 1.02”

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

EZ92: Just in time before the closing of Touissit mines, we managed to obtain this superb Azurite specimen. Crystals standing free on their white Dolomite matrix. The sharp crystal form, luster, color and perfection make this specimen one of the best of this size for this mine.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05/2002)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.10”

MX90S9: Group of very sharp crystals, some of them doubly terminated, extraordinarily bright and of a very deep color with strong transparency under a strong light. The group, on matrix, has a strong quality.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.30” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”

JA10F3: A prismatic crystal that just looks like the typical ones from Touissit, but a more detailed check shows the unusual richness of the termination, with lots of faces. Definition, brilliance, and color are the outstanding features of this sample.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1993)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 2.17” × 0.79” × 0.55”

TM27T0: Parallel growths of very well defined crystals on matrix. They are very bright and have a very deep color, with transparent reflections on the edges. A magnificent sample from the cavity of 1979, the first big find that announced the Touissit Mine to the mineral world.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05-06/1979)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.28” × 2.13” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.67”

NJ89AM5: Doubly terminated crystal of Azurite, very sharp and with well defined crystal forms. With coatings of Malachite, on a matrix with coatings of pinkish rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. The specimen, a Moroccan classic, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number AZU-10), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.36” × 1.77” × 1.18”

NB74H3: Magnificent crystal of very sharp and bright faces and edges and deep blue color, with clearer transparent reflections. It is important to note the uncommon presence of paragenetic globular Smithsonite on the matrix.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (02/1995)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.83” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.47”

E8VI7: Malachite has replaced completely the prismatic crystals of the original Azurite, while perfectly preserving their esthetic shape, on a matrix of Limonite.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2 × 2.3 × cm = 1.54” × 0.79” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

EA60L9: A floater formed by a terminated group of Azurite crystals, with curious curvatures. Really good color and excellent luster. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.75” × 0.47”

EZ62T6: Group of short crystals with abundant recrystallizations, small parallel growths and partially coated by Malachite. Intense color, good luster, and excellent quality for the locality.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.50” × 1.34”

EF63L9: Group of prismatic crystals with parallel growth and several recrystalizations, partially covered by Malachite and with an excellent color. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.32” × 1.81” × 1.10”

EH26L9: Prismatic crystals of Azurite with very sharp faces and edges. On a small matrix with Malachite with an excellent color. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.3 × 3 cm = 3.03” × 1.69” × 1.18”

TA46Z5: Drusy growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very deep color, extraordinarily bright, with small greenish-yellow Mimetite coatings and laminar yellow Wulfenite crystals. It came from a small local find in an area near Bou Bekker.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.60” × 1.61” × 0.94”

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

TM62AE1: Very aerial microcrystalline growth of elongated Mimetite crystals that are bright and have a very vivid yellow color with platy Wulfenite that has the same color, plus aggregates of very bright Azurite crystals. A fine miniature, very representative of the occasional local finds in areas around Bou Bekker.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 1.02” × 0.87”

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

EY11Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.91” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

ER86Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster in parallel growths, forming convoluted columns, implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.05” × 1.30”

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

EQ27Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster in parallel growths, forming convoluted columns, implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2010 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 94, page 55.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.60” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

EA27AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Cubo-octahedral Galena crystal with very well marked polycrystalline growths, good luster, on matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals of pale pink color. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.10” × 1.34”

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

EH96AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very distinct polycrystalline growths, good luster, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a pale pink color, and small white Calcite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 4.9 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

ED96AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Cubo-octahedral Galena crystal with very well marked polycrystalline growths and good luster, on matrix covered by pale pink, rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.9 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.93” × 0.94”

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

EE88AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very well marked polycrystalline growths, good luster, on matrix, covered by pale pink, rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.7 × 5.9 cm = 2.64” × 1.46” × 2.32”

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

EJ37AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very distinct polycrystalline growths, good luster, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a pale pink color, and small white Calcite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.8 × 3.9 × 6.4 cm = 3.07” × 1.54” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

ET97AM5: A novelty at the Munich 2020 Virtual show. A good sized cubo-octahedral crystal of Galena with very well marked polycrystalline growths, with bright luster, on a matrix covered by pink rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.8 × 3.6 cm = 4.53” × 3.46” × 1.42”

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

EF10AM1: A Novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Complex crystals of Sphalerite, one of them clearly dominant, with an equant habit and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, shiny, with intense red-orange reflections. On matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, with small Galena crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty of Munich Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 157, January-February 2020, page 49
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.75” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

ED11AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Complex crystals of Sphalerite with equant habit and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, shiny, and with intense orange-red reflections. On matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 1.26” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

EC66AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Complex crystal of Sphalerite with equidimensional habit. With abundant polycrystalline growths and sharp faces and edges, translucent, shiny, on matrix, covered by pale pink rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.18”

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

TC24ERX: A novelty at Munich Virtual 2020. Complex crystals of Sphalerite with equant habit and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with bright luster and red-orange reflections. On matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with an intense pink color. This material was practically unknown until now, in both the Zelidja mine itself and in the entire Touissit mining district.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 16.3 × 12.4 × 4.8 cm = 6.42” × 4.88” × 1.89”

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

NQ6AM5: Short prismatic crystals of Brochantite, larger than others known from this locally, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and a very deep green color. On matrix, associated with Malachite of a lighter green color. The specimen is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5 × 4.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.61” × 1.10”

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