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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


BOU AZZER AREA


Agoudal Mines

Anorthoroselite on Calcite (variety Co-bearing)
Anorthoroselite on Calcite (variety Co-bearing). Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

MPB49CD1: Extremely unusual, especially for its orange-brown color. The analyses do not lie, so it is undoubtedly Anorthoroselite and it is also of good quality, with the crystal groupings in sheaves and with its slightly pink Calcite matrix. If you are looking for something different, this piece is it.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2023)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.7 × 5.6 cm = 2.91” × 1.85” × 2.20”

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

Analyzed
Anorthoroselite with Calcite
 

MK91AJ1: Groups of very well defined, lenticular Anorthoroselite crystals that are translucent, bright, with a very deep color, are implanted on a matrix coated by transparent prismatic Calcite crystals that have rhombohedral terminations and with a uniform pale pink color. The sample has been analyzed and we will send to the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.4 × 7.7 cm = 3.23” × 2.13” × 3.03”

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
Anorthoroselite with Calcite. Anorthoroselite with Calcite.
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).
 

TX66AM9: Very aerial growth of Calcite crystals with the dominant forms of a rhombohedron, but very rich in faces, transparent, with very bright luster and an especially deep and uniform mauve color.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.73” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
 

TV87AM9: Very aerial growth of Calcite crystals with the dominant forms of a rhombohedron, but very rich in faces, transparent, with very bright luster and an especially deep and uniform mauve color.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.36” × 1.26”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Front
Front
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Side
Side
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).

Oumlil Mine

Anorthoroselite with Calcite
Anorthoroselite with Calcite. Anorthoroselite with Calcite.
 

MA46AE6: Well developed Anorthoroselite crystals with fine polycrystalline surfaces, bright and with a very deep and uniform color, and with small Calcite crystals that are clear, colorless and very bright. On a sandstone matrix with white Calcite. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2016)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.60” × 1.61” × 1.30”

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

Calcite fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)  

TBB70CD4: Group of Calcite crystals formed by poorly developed prisms and flattened rhombohedral terminations with rounded contours. The piece has a more intense reddish color on its upper half and more pink in the lower half, both with very bright luster and with concentric growths as can be seen on the back of the specimen that corresponds to the matrix.
The specimen comes from the collection of Paco Fernández and Carmen Valls whose handwritten label (number 5-020) we will send to the buyer.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8.9 × 4.6 cm = 4.06” × 3.50” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.39”

Former collection of Francisco Fernández Ortega

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light

Aït Ahmane Mine

Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.
 

TR27AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.55” × 0.39” × 0.31”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite
 

TT37AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.39” × 0.20”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite. Top
Top
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite.
 

TX17AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified, and small crystals of Löllingite (analyzed)
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.47” × 0.35”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite
 

TK96AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.75” × 0.47” × 0.39”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.
Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Side
Side
Silver with Calcite.
 

TA17AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.39”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite
 

TZ97AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.51”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite.
Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Side
Side
Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.
 

TD47AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.43”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite
 

TAB10AN4: New discovery post-Easter 2021: Isolated cubic Silver crystals and groups, with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges, found on a rock matrix with Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.79” × 0.43”

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

Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Side
Side
Silver with Calcite. Side
Side
Silver with Calcite.
Silver
Silver. Silver.
Silver.
 

TQ97AM9: A novelty post-Easter 2021: Isolated cubic Silver crystals and groups with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright, on a rock matrix with spathic Calcite, which has been acid-treated.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.87” × 0.39”

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

Silver with Calcite
 

TB7AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.63” × 0.35”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.
Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite. Side
Side
Silver with Calcite.
 

TK87AN1: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.63”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver on Calcite
 

TK27AM9: A novelty post-Easter 2021: Isolated cubic Silver crystals and groups with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very lustrous, on a rock matrix with spathic Calcite, which has been acid-treated.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.51”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver on Calcite. Silver on Calcite.
Silver on Calcite.
Silver on Gypsum
Silver on Gypsum. Silver on Gypsum.
 

TM96AM9: New post-Easter 2021: Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright, on a rock matrix with colorless and transparent Gypsum.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.79”

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

Silver on Calcite
 

TN27AM9: A novelty post-Easter 2021: Isolated cubic Silver crystals and groups with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright, on a rock matrix with spathic Calcite, which has been acid-treated.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.51”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver on Calcite. Silver on Calcite.
Silver on Calcite.
Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.
 

TR27AN0: A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.59”

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

Silver on Calcite
 

TP87AM9: A novelty post-Easter 2021: Isolated cubic Silver crystals and groups with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright, on a rock matrix with spathic Calcite, which has been acid-treated.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.22” × 0.87” × 0.55”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver on Calcite. Silver on Calcite.
Gersdorffite with Calcite and Quartz
Gersdorffite with Calcite and Quartz.
 

EY89Y2: Very sharp octahedral crystal, of a large size for the species. It is extraordinarily bright, a very uncommon quality for the species, and it is on a Quartz matrix. It has a small contact on one of the lower vertices and the whole back side.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2012)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.10” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Gersdorffite
 

AB37AL3: Group of very sharp octahedral Gersdorffite crystals of good size, with polycrystalline growths on the surfaces of the faces.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2010)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.26” × 0.51”

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

Gersdorffite. Gersdorffite.
Gersdorffite with Calcite
Gersdorffite with Calcite. Gersdorffite with Calcite.
 

EJ66T4: From a recent find this same year. The octahedral crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, have a considerable size for the species and are unusually fresh and bright. They are on matrix, with Calcite that has not been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (03/2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.85” × 1.61”

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

Gersdorffite with Calcite and Annabergite
 

EM49T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Very aerial group of sharp octahedral crystals of Gersdorffite. They are bright and are on a matrix of Calcite, with thin coatings of slightly green Annabergite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2011/2
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (03/2011)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.44” × 2.28” × 1.46”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Gersdorffite with Calcite and Annabergite. Gersdorffite with Calcite and Annabergite.
Gersdorffite with Calcite
Gersdorffite with Calcite. Front
Front
Gersdorffite with Calcite. Side
Side
 

EV99Y2: Very aerial aggregate of very sharp octahedral crystals. They are extraordinarily bright, a very uncommon quality for the species, and it is on matrix, with Quartz.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5 × 2.3 cm = 2.87” × 1.97” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth
 

TA89AE7: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Djurleite-Chalcocite (intergrowth) mined carefully over 7 months in the Aït Ahmane area (it seems that not in the same shafts that produced the famous Gersdorffites) and presented for the first time in Tucson 2017.
We believe that for the sharpness of the crystals and their size this find will highlight Aït Ahmane as one of the world's best localities for this not so common species.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.20”

Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Front
Front
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Rear
Rear
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Front
Front
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Rear
Rear
 

TB50AE7: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Djurleite-Chalcocite (intergrowth) mined carefully over 7 months in the Aït Ahmane area (it seems that not in the same shafts that produced the famous Gersdorffites) and presented in Tucson 2017.
We believe that for the sharpness of the crystals and their size this find will highlight Aït Ahmane as one of the world's best localities for this not so common species.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

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

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

Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth
 

TF76AE8: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Aggregate on matrix of very sharp laminar crystals, bright and with a very well defined pseudohexagonal contour. The analysis indicates an intimate intergrowth of Djurleite and Chalcocite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 0.79” × 0.91”

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

Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth.
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth on Calcite
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth on Calcite.
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth on Calcite.
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth on Calcite.
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth on Calcite  

TC160TG: Aggregate, on matrix, of very sharp crystals between lamellar and tabular, with bright luster and a sharp hexagonal outline. The analysis, of which we will send a copy to the buyer, indicates an intimate intergrowth of Djurleite and Chalcocite.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.54”

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

Vladimirite
 

ME86P5: An excellent sample. Vladimirite, a rare arsenate, forms globular growths of white fibrous and acicular crystals filling vugs on the matrix. These Vladimirites from Aït Ahmane are among the world’s best for the species.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2002)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.9 × 5.5 cm = 3.39” × 1.93” × 2.17”

Vladimirite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Vladimirite. Vladimirite.
Quartz with Calcite
Quartz with Calcite. Front
Front
Quartz with Calcite. Rear
Rear
 

MB61AI4: A novelty at Munich 2018. Very fine Quartz with an almost "alpine" quality but mined in a polymetallic mine, which is not so common. The association of white Calcite crystals adds a "touch of class" to this unpredictable specimen.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2018)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 5 × 2.4 cm = 4.02” × 1.97” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 10.2 × 3 cm = 4.02” × 1.18”

Calcite fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Quartz with Calcite
 

MA61AI4: A novelty at Munich 2018. Very fine Quartz with an almost "alpine" quality but mined in a polymetallic mine, which is not so common. The association of white Calcite crystals adds a "touch of class" to this unpredictable specimen.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2018 Munich Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 12/2018, page 30
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2018)

Specimen size: 11.1 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 4.37” × 1.61” × 1.34”

Calcite fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Quartz with Calcite. Front
Front
Quartz with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Proustite
Proustite.
Proustite  

TC230TE: Very aerial group of Proustite crystals with a short prismatic habit and excellent highly acute terminations. The crystals are transparent, very lustrous, and with an extraordinary ruby-red color.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 0.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.28” × 0.55”

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

Proustite on Calcite
 

TM68AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Prismatic Proustite crystals with excellent acute terminations, transparent, very bright and with an extraordinary ruby-red color. On a Calcite matrix.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.34” × 0.91”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
Proustite on Calcite. Proustite on Calcite.
Proustite with Calcite
Proustite with Calcite. Proustite with Calcite.
Proustite with Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETT70AP2: Very aerial and esthetic group of Proustite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, transparent, with extraordinary luster and intense red color, very vivid. In Calcite matrix, treated with acid in order to successfully highlight the aesthetics of the Proustite.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.16”

Proustite with Calcite
 

TP90AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Groups of elongated prismatic Proustite crystals with excellent acute terminations, transparent, very bright with an extraordinary ruby-red color. On a Calcite matrix.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.42” × 0.94”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
Proustite with Calcite. Proustite with Calcite.
Proustite with Calcite.
Proustite with Calcite
Proustite with Calcite. Proustite with Calcite.
 

TQ99AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Groups of elongated prismatic Proustite crystals with excellent acute terminations, transparent, very bright with an extraordinary ruby-red color. On a Calcite matrix.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.7 × 2.7 cm = 3.27” × 2.24” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.31” × 0.08”

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
Proustite with Calcite
 

TX66AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Groups of Proustite crystals with an elongated prismatic shape, with parallel growths and excellent pyramidal terminations. The crystals, transparent and very bright, have an extraordinary ruby-red color. On a matrix with lenticular Calcite crystals.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.95” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”

Proustite with Calcite. Proustite with Calcite.

Aghbar Mine

Roselite on Calcite
Roselite on Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Roselite on Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Roselite on Calcite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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

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

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

Mg-rich Roselite on Calcite
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Mg-rich Roselite on Calcite. Mg-rich Roselite on Calcite.
Roselite with Calcite
Roselite with Calcite. Roselite with Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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

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

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

Conichalcite with Calcite
 

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

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

Conichalcite with Calcite. Conichalcite with Calcite.
Goethite with Conichalcite
Goethite with Conichalcite. Goethite with Conichalcite.
 

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

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

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

Cobaltoan Dolomite with Marcasite and Goethite
 

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

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

Cobaltoan Dolomite with Marcasite and Goethite.
Cobaltoan Dolomite with Marcasite and Goethite.
Cobaltoan Dolomite
Cobaltoan Dolomite. Cobaltoan Dolomite.
 

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

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

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


Bouismas Mine

Skutterudite with Calcite
 

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

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

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Skutterudite with Calcite.
Skutterudite with Calcite
Skutterudite with Calcite. Skutterudite with Calcite.
 

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

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

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Skutterudite
Skutterudite  

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

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

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

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Allargentum with Silver (variety Hg-bearing)

Recorded under neon light
 

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

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

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

Analyzed
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite. Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite.
Allargentum with Calcite
Allargentum with Calcite. Allargentum with Calcite.
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite.
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite. Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite.
Allargentum with Calcite and Actinolite
Allargentum with Calcite and Actinolite. Allargentum with Calcite and Actinolite.
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite. Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite.
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite
Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite. Allargentum with Dyscrasite, Silver, Calcite and Actinolite.
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Allargentum with Calcite
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Allargentum with Calcite. Allargentum with Calcite.
Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite
Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite. Front
Front
Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite.
 

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

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite
 

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

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite. Front
Front
Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Dyscrasite with Silver, Allargentum and Calcite.
Dyscrasite after Allargentum
Dyscrasite after Allargentum. Front (black background)
Front (black background)
Dyscrasite after Allargentum. Front (white background)
Front (white background)
Dyscrasite after Allargentum. Rear (black background)
Rear (black background)
Dyscrasite after Allargentum. Rear (white background)
Rear (white background)
 

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

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

Silver with Actinolite
 

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

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

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

Silver with Actinolite. Silver with Actinolite.
Silver with Arsenopyrite silver-rich Tennantite and Pearceite
Silver with Arsenopyrite silver-rich Tennantite and Pearceite. Silver with Arsenopyrite silver-rich Tennantite and Pearceite.
 

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

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

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Löllingite with Quartz
Löllingite with Quartz  

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

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

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

Analyzed
Löllingite with Quartz.
Löllingite with Quartz and Calcite
Löllingite with Quartz and Calcite. Löllingite with Quartz and Calcite.
 

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

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

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

Löllingite with Calcite and Actinolite
Löllingite with Calcite and Actinolite  

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

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

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

Analyzed
Löllingite with Calcite and Actinolite.
Löllingite with Calcite and Actinolite.
Proustite with Calcite
Proustite with Calcite.
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Proustite
 

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

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

Proustite.
Proustite with Calcite
Proustite with Calcite.
 

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

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

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Proustite with Calcite
 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Proustite with Calcite
 

MD93AE4: Aggregates of very elongated Proustite crystals that are translucent, bright, have a vivid and intense red color and are on a rocky Calcite matrix. Proustite crystals are rare at Bouismas, and even moreso with this “Chañarcillo” shape, relatively new here. Furthermore the sample is excellent.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 68
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.05” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Proustite with Calcite. Proustite with Calcite.
Proustite with Calcite.
Calcite (variety cobaltoan) with Quartz
Calcite (variety cobaltoan) with Quartz . Calcite (variety cobaltoan) with Quartz .
 

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

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

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Realgar with Calcite
 

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

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

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

Realgar with Calcite. Realgar with Calcite.
Realgar with Calcite
Realgar with Calcite. Realgar with Calcite.
Realgar with Calcite.
 

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

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

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

Baryte with Calcite
Baryte with Calcite  

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

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

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

Baryte with Calcite.
Baryte with Realgar inclusions and Calcite
Baryte with Realgar inclusions and Calcite.

Recorded under neon light
 

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

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

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

Baryte with Realgar inclusions and Calcite
 

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

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

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


Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Baryte with Calcite
Baryte with Calcite. Baryte with Calcite.
 

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

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

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Baryte with Calcite
 

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

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

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Baryte with Calcite. Baryte with Calcite.
Sphalerite
Sphalerite. Front
Front
Sphalerite. Light behind
Light behind
 

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

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


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