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2015 – Minerals of the Oumjrane area, Morocco, part II
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DIOPTASE
Dioptase on baryte, size 3.5 cm, found in 2012 in the workings in Oumjrane area
Dioptase on baryte, size 7 cm, found in 2012 in the workings in Oumjrane area
The best specimen from the find, dioptase on zoned baryte crystals, size 12 cm, found in 2012 in the workings in Oumjrane area (exact location unknown). Spirifer specimen. G. Bijak photo.
GALENA
Parallel growth of galena partly coated by marcasite, size 4 cm, found in 2015
Galena crystals on quartz, partly coated by chalcopyrite, size 6.5 cm, found in 2015
Galena crystals on quartz, partly coated by chalcopyrite, size of crystal 2 cm,
Twinned elongated galena crystals on quartz, partly coated by marcasite, FOV 4.5 cm,
Cuboctahedral galena on quartz with chalcopyrite, main crystal approx 1 cm, found in 2015 in
Galena crystals on quartz, main crystal approx. 1.2 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Sharp cubocatehdral galena crystals on quartz, size 4 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Lustrous galena crystals, size 4.5 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen.
MALACHITE
Malachite in situ in the old workings in Bou N`has. J. Praszkier photo.
Freshly collected (2010) malachite from Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen.
Specimen of baryte partly coated by malachite, size 5.5 cm, found in 2014 in Bou N`has mine. Fabre Minerals specimen and photo.
Malachite partly coating an arborescent copper specimen, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. J. Praszkier photo.
Close-up of malachite partly coating an arborescent copper, found in 2015
Malachite coating a spinel law twin of copper, size 4 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Acicular malachite collected in 2010 in Oumjrane old azurite workings. Spirifer specimen.
Azurite on malachite, specimen 4.5 cm, collected in 2010 in Oumjrane old azurite workings. Spirifer specimen. G. Bijak photo.
MARCASITE
Lustrous blades of marcasite on baryte, size 5 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Marcasite crystals on baryte, size 4 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine.
Close-up of marcasite crystal, size approx. 1 cm. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Extremely lustrous parallel aggragates of marcasite blades, size 4.3 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Extremely lustrous cluster of marcasite, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. J. Praszkier photo.
Blady marcasite crystals, parallel growth, size 6 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine.
Unusual specimen of marcasite growing syntaxially on pyrite cubes, size 8 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. J. Praszkier photo.
PYRITE
Cluster of extremely lustrous cubic pyrite crystals, size 7 cm, found in 2015
Cluster of extremely lustrous cubic pyrite crystals, size 9 cm, found in 2015
Cubic pyrite crystals on quartz, size 7 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine.
Extremely lustrous cubic pyrite crystals on quartz, size 8 cm, found in 2015
Unregular, rounded pyrite crystals on quartz with baryte, size 11 cm, found in 2013
Unusual pyrite "cast" after baryte crystals, size 8.5 cm, found in 2013 in Bou N`has mine. Fabre Minerals specimen and photo.
QUARTZ
Unusual perimorphose of drusy quartz after unknown cubic mineral (?fluorite) with chalcopyrite, size 13 cm, found in 2011 in Bou N`has mine.
Extremely lustrous marcasite on drusy quartz, size 6 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Chalcopyrite and sphalerite on drusy quartz, size 4 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
SIDERITE
Specimen containing sharp siderite cyrstals, size 9.5 cm, found in 2012 in Bou N`has mine. Spirifer specimen. G. Bijak photo.
Rosette of discoidal siderite crystals with marcasite, size 5.5 cm, found in 2011-2012
Partly iridescent discoidal siderite crystals with pyrite, size 8.5 cm, found in 2012
Close-up of the specimen pictured above, note the iridescence caused by Cu and/or Fe oxides thin coating. Spirifer specimen. G. Bijak photo.
SPHALERITE
Tom with specimen of gemmy red-orange sphalerite crystals on quartz, found in 2015
Close up of the specimen above. J. Praszkier photo.
Sphalerite and chalcopyrite on quartz, size 4 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine.
Sphalerite crystals on drusy quartz, size 4 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine.
Close-up of the specimen pictured above. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Close-up of the specimen pictured above with backlighted crystals, black zones are syntaxial growths of second generation sphalerite. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Sphalerite and chalcopyrite on quartz, size 6 cm, found in 2015 in Bou N`has mine.
Close-up of the specimen pictured above, golden zones on sphalerite are epitaxial microcystalline chalcopyrites. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
Close-up of the specimen pictured above with backlighted crystals, black zones are syntaxial growths of secod generation sphalerite. Spirifer specimen. M. Wikiera photo.
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