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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


OUMJRANE - EL FECHT AREA


Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
 

EC47AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #41, August 22, 2015 edition, page 5
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

Azurite with Barite and Malachite
 

EP27AL3: Aggregate of flattened crystals, very sharp, very lustrous and with a very vivid color that is extremely reminiscent of the electric blue of Milpillas crystals. On the faces of the Azurite there are small Baryte crystals and Malachite aggregates.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.55”

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

Azurite with Barite and Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Barite and Malachite. Side
Side
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
 

EB68AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.30” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
 

ET47AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.69” × 1.38” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Side
Side
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
 

EZ70AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 2.05” × 1.46” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
 

ME27AL3: Aggregate of outstanding crystals with a lenticular habit, very well defined faces and edges, fine growth striations, very bright, very deep color, on matrix with small flattened crystals of primary Malachite.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2010)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.87”

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

Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite
Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite. Side
Side
Azurite with Malachite and Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EH69AN1: Group of very sharp Azurite crystals with well defined crystal forms, bright luster and a very vivid color, partially covered by spheroidal growths of Malachite and small white Dolomite crystals.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.30” × 1.06”

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

Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
 

EY29AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 4.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.85”

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

Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
 

EX51AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.89” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
 

ED99AE6: An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are very bright with a vivid color that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue.” With the Azurite there are small white Baryte crystals and Malachite clusters. The sample is from an indeterminate place in the Oumjrane area, possibly from one of the old works of this zone. These crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.26” × 1.22”

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

Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
Azurite with Calcite
Azurite with Calcite. Front
Front
Azurite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
 

TE87X8: Rosette aggregates of flattened Azurite crystals. They are bright, with deep blue color and vivid metallic blue transparency. They have small white Calcite crystals spread on their surface. It is a good size in comparison with the usual rosettes from this mine.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 0.87”

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

Azurite with Malachite xx
 

MX67AI5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of crystals that have a flattened shape, are very bright with a deep color and partially coated by small equant primary Malachite crystals.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 47 of the 2019/01 edition.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2018)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 1.10”

Azurite with Malachite xx. Azurite with Malachite xx.
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Side
Side
Azurite.
 

TM27AN0: Floater aggregate of flattened and very sharp Azurite crystals, with bright luster and a very vivid color that is reminiscent of the electric blue of Milpillas crystals.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2017)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.7 × 2 cm = 2.44” × 1.85” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

Azurite with Malachite and Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz
 

SV540MBX: Group of equant Azurite crystals, with perfectly defined faces and edges, very lustrous, and a very deep and uniform blue, with marked striations on one of the faces of the crystals and accompanied by fine acicular primary crystals of Malachite arranged in the form of a spray, with a beautiful color contrast to the Azurite, in addition to some Quartz crystals, all with remnants of a limonitic rock matrix.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 2.72” × 1.89” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

Azurite with Malachite and Quartz.
Azurite with Malachite and Quartz.
Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite with Malachite.
 

CT97G2: The habit is very unusual. The absence of the main prism suggests the apparent form of a dipyramid or an octahedron. The contrast between the vivid blue of the Azurite and the green of botryoidal Malachite is superb. Crystal size is considerable. This is one of the few pieces found with this crystallographic habitus at the locality.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.56” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”

Azurite with Malachite xx

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TY94AI5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Aggregate of crystals that have lenticular shape, are very bright with a deep color and partially coated by small flattened, equant primary Malachite crystals.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 51, December 5, 2018 edition.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2017)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.6 × 4.1 cm = 2.91” × 2.20” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39”

Azurite with Malachite xx. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite xx. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite xx.
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EF94AL7: Very aerial group of sharp flattened Azurite crystals with good luster and translucent edges that transmit a vivid color. With a very curious morphology, it well represents the great quality of the specimens from this locality, unknown until about 2018-2019.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 2.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.27” × 0.91” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

Azurite with Quartz
 

E76ZI7: Groups of short prismatic crystals. They are very bright and have an exceptional color that enhances the contrast with the matrix of white Quartz. Oumjrane (or Oumjerane) is less well known than Touissit and it produced few very interesting specimens.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1996)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.5 × 6.6 cm = 3.39” × 2.56” × 2.60”

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

Azurite with Quartz. Azurite with Quartz.
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Top
Top
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
 

ER90AC0: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. An aggregate of very sharp flattened crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue”. With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone, these crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.6 × 5.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.60” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

Azurite with Malachite xx
 

EH67AI5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Aggregate of crystals that have a flattened shape, very rich in faces, very bright with a very deep color and partially coated by small flattened crystals of primary Malachite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 35 of the 2018/02 edition.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2018)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 5.6 × 4.4 cm = 4.17” × 2.20” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.79”

Azurite with Malachite xx. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite xx. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite xx. Side
Side
Azurite with Malachite xx. Close-up
Close-up
Azurite
Azurite. Azurite.
 

ET99AL9: Equant crystals of Azurite with very well defined faces and edges and fine growth lines. Very lustrous, with a very deep color and vivid sparkling reflections. On matrix, with small equidimensional crystals of primary Malachite.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2019)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.9 × 5.4 cm = 4.41” × 3.50” × 2.13”

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

Copper with Cuprite
 

EH6J8: Although they were previously known, we can consider those specimens a novelty. The group is arborescent and coated by secondary copper species (mainly Malachite) and crystals of Cuprite which are small deformed octahedrons.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2007)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 3.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.64” × 1.30”

Cuprite's areas fluorescent long & short UV
Copper with Cuprite. Front
Front
Copper with Cuprite. Rear
Rear
Copper with Malachite and Cuprite
Copper with Malachite and Cuprite. Front
Front
Copper with Malachite and Cuprite. Rear
Rear
 

EB13J8: Although they were previously known, we can consider those specimens a novelty. The group is arborescent and coated by secondary copper species (mainly Malachite) and crystals of Cuprite which are small deformed octahedrons.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2007)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 10.5 × 5.7 cm = 4.45” × 4.13” × 2.24”

Cuprite's areas fluorescent long & short UV
Baryte with Dioptase
 

NA13V4: Parallel aggregate of tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very well delineated geometric zonal growths and partially colored by minor crusts of Dioptase.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 3.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.89” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.42”

Baryte with Dioptase. Front
Front
Baryte with Dioptase. Rear
Rear
Baryte with Dioptase
Baryte with Dioptase.
Baryte with Dioptase. Baryte with Dioptase.
 

NF64X6: Platy growths showing the so-called sawtooth shape, of Baryte crystals with a very well marked geometrical color zoning, colorless and clear in the center and opaque white on the borders with reddish Hematite inclusions. Some of the crystals are partially coated by small crystalline Dioptase.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2011)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.7 × 5.2 cm = 3.35” × 2.24” × 2.05”

Malachite
 

TM66AN0: Druse of elongated primary Malachite crystals (not pseudomorphs), some of them doubly terminated, with good terminations, on matrix.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”

Malachite. Malachite.

KERROUCHEN


Kerrouchen Azurite

Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Top
Top
 

TH26G0: Magnificent doubly-terminated crystal with some minor parallel growth, on matrix. The definition of the faces is extraordinary. The specimen is from an important find made at the end of 2004.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.75”

Azurite
 

NY56M5: Parallel and floating growth of doubly terminated crystals of very well defined faces and edges and with excellent color and luster.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 510 in the volume 86, number 6, Nov/Dec 2011
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 1.14” × 0.43”

Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
 

NB56M5: Parallel and floating growth, on matrix, of doubly terminated crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with excellent color and luster.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Azurite doubly terminated
 

MG64AE3: Floater subparallel growth of doubly terminated crystals with curvatures. They are bright and have a very deep and vivid color.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.50” × 0.71”

Azurite doubly terminated. Front
Front
Azurite doubly terminated. Rear
Rear
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Top
Top
 

NY66P2: Crystals of very well defined faces and edges, very bright, of deep blue color and transparent on their edges. They are on sandstone matrix.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.42” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.31”

Azurite
 

NA26F3: A complex group of prismatic crystals, typical of this locality, that is notable for the aerial form on the matrix, which gives it balance and the esthetics that make it interesting.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.77” × 1.61” × 0.91”

Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite.
Azurite  

SM130NKA: Very aerial group, on matrix, of elongated Azurite crystals with very well marked parallel polycrystalline growths, with bright luster and a very vivid color.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.97” × 0.91” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.97” × 0.91” × 0.55”

Doubly terminated Azurite
 

TG46G2: Excellent parallel growth of numerous crystals, prismatic and doubly terminated. Another crystal perfectly terminated and in a totally eccentric position, stands on of the group.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.26” × 0.51”

Doubly terminated Azurite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Azurite. Rear
Rear
Azurite
Azurite. Azurite.
 

TM66AM8: Very aerial group on matrix of elongated Azurite crystals with very distinct polycrystalline growths, with good luster and a very vivid color.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.30” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1 cm = 1.77” × 0.39”

Azurite
 

NJ56R4: Irregular aggregate of acute elongated crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with high translucency, a very vivid color and extraordinary luster.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 5 × 3.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.97” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39”

Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
Azurite
Azurite. Azurite.
 

NL76L7: Azurite specimen with sharp and very bright faces and edges with parallel growths. The transparency and deep blue color are visible under an intense light. The crystal has grown into a matrix vug that protects it.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.65”

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

Azurite
Azurite  

XM125NE: Group, on matrix, of very sharp Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, translucent, with bright luster and a very vivid color.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.13” × 1.26” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.85” × 0.75”

Azurite.
Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
 

NH46P2: Group of complex doubly terminated crystals formed by polycrystalline parallel groups. The group is on sandstone matrix.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.22”

Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite  

ET67AK9: Azurite crystals on matrix, with a small fan-like aggregate of Malachite. The individual Azurite crystals, with simple sharp forms and perfect terminations, are translucent, bright, with vivid color and intense reflections.
The sample is from the Christian Mondeilh collection (No. M27 / 2002), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2002)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.40” × 2.13” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
 

NH6AE3: Parallel growth, on matrix, of doubly terminated crystals with curvatures. They are bright and have a very deep and vivid color.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.80” × 0.87” × 0.67”

Azurite
 

NK69P2: A growth of two generations of Azurite crystals. One of them has bigger very well defined crystals of very deep, almost black color, and the second one is formed by small very acute crystals of an intense blue color and extraordinarily bright and transparent. They are on sandstone matrix.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.83” × 1.81” × 1.34”

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

Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Side
Side
Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite.
Azurite.
 

ND47L7: A thick group of sword-shaped Azurite crystals. With good luster and with a deep blue color visible under an intense light.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 7 × 6.2 cm = 4.06” × 2.76” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.12”

Azurite
 

NC10G7: Little prisms composing a single crystal with a very sharp termination. It is bright, has an excellent color and is very well placed on the typical sandstone matrix of the deposit.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 7.5 × 7.2 cm = 4.53” × 2.95” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.87”

Azurite.
Azurite.
Azurite with Malachite after Azurite
Azurite with Malachite after Azurite.
 

NM66L7: Very aerial group of thin prismatic Azurite crystals, some of them doubly terminated. Many of the Azurite crystals have been partial or totally replaced by Malachite.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 0.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.16”

Azurite with Malachite
 

NA17L7: Azurite specimen with sharp and very bright faces and edges. The transparency and deep blue color are visible under an intense light. Crystals are very aerial and in a very esthetic shape on a matrix with small globular Malachite crystals.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.8 × 5.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.68” × 2.20”

Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.

Kerrouchen Malachite

Malachite
Malachite.
 

NM46M5: Fan-shaped growth of crystals between fibrous and acicular, on matrix. Curving of the crystals produces changes in luster and color conferring a velvet aspect to the piece.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 0.83” × 0.87”

Malachite
 

NQ16N4: Esthetic and fine fan growths of acicular crystals with color zoning and a very well marked velvet luster, on matrix.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on pages 483 and 510 in the volume 86, number 6, Nov/Dec 2011
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.54” × 1.26”

Malachite.
Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite.
 

NQ46L7: Thick Malachite crystal with multiple terminations and on matrix. A primary Azurite crystal has been totally replaced by Malachite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 191 in number 2008/3.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.67”

Malachite after Azurite
 

ND36L7: Group of divergent sword-shaped Malachite crystals pseudomorphic after Azurite. With some small Azurite crystals as a matrix. Very esthetic.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.4 ×3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.31”

Malachite after Azurite.
Malachite
Malachite.
 

NT46L7: Malachite radial groups formed by very thin acicular crystals, which show a very clear banded color zoning. On matrix.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.93” × 0.98” × 0.79”

Malachite
 

NZ46L7: Radial and very thick Malachite groups formed by very thin acicular crystals, with a small matrix in the back.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.10” × 0.98”

Malachite.
Malachite
Malachite.
 

NP26P9: Esthetic fan growths of felty crystals, with fine color zoning and a very notable silky luster. They are on a matrix of Limonite.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39”

Malachite
 

NL46M5: Fan-shaped growth of crystals between fibrous and acicular, on matrix. Curving of the crystals produces changes in luster and color conferring a velvet aspect to the piece.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.77” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.67”

Malachite.
Malachite.
Malachite with Azurite
Malachite with Azurite. Front
Front
Malachite with Azurite. Side
Side
Malachite with Azurite.
 

TZ49AN2: Centered growths of very fine acicular Malachite crystals, with a silky luster, deep and uniform color, with a small group of doubly terminated Azurite crystals, which curiously is quite exceptional in this deposit since both species do not usually appear together crystallized.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 2.28” × 0.83” × 0.79”

Malachite
 

NP56N4: Esthetic and fine fan growths of acicular crystals with color zoning and a very well marked velvet luster, on matrix.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.28” × 1.46” × 1.38”

Malachite.
Malachite
Malachite. Malachite.
 

NR46P9: Esthetic fan growths of felty crystals, with fine color zoning and a very notable silky luster. They are on a matrix of Limonite.
Azurite workings (Kerrouchen), Boumia Pachalik, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 8 × 5.5 cm = 3.82” × 3.15” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.75”


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