Post-Ste. Marie 2011 Update

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EF7T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Sharp and very well individualized white dipyramidal crystals of Gismondine, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges. On matrix, with bluish Calcite, Epidote and Chlorite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2011/2
Vedretta della Miniera, Val Zebrù, Valfurva, Sondrio, Lombardia, Italia  Italy (09/2010)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 3.7 cm = 1.8” × 1.4” × 1.5”

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

EC47T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. A sharp and very well individualized white dipyramidal crystals of Gismondine, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges. On matrix, with bluish Calcite, Epidote, Chlorite, and Feldspar.
Vedretta della Miniera, Val Zebrù, Valfurva, Sondrio, Lombardia, Italia  Italy (09/2010)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.9 × 3.8 cm = 2.6” × 1.5” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

TP90T0: Very aerial group of prismatic crystals, most of them doubly terminated, slightly tapered, of green color zoned on the terminations , where they are clearer. A great European classic.
Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze  France

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.8” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

EA16T0: Doubly terminated crystals more individualized than usual for this mine. They have strongly curved faces and edges, almost giving spheroidal shapes. They are bright, have a yellow color and are on a matrix of crystallized Quartz.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (03/2011)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.6” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

EB86T0: Doubly terminated crystals, more individualized than usual for this mine. They have slightly curved faces and edges and are bright and have a yellow color. On Quartz matrix, with Barite.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (03/2011)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

EM87T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of sharp octahedral crystals of Gersdorffite. They are bright and are on matrix, with Calcite and slightly coated by clear green Annabergite.
Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (03/2011)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.8” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

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, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (03/2011)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.4” × 2.3” × 1.5”

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

EB87T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. 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.
Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (03/2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.6 × 4.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.8” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

EB13T0: Group on matrix of acute scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral terminations. They are translucent, bright and have a very deep and uniform color.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.4 × 3.8 cm = 2.6” × 2.5” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EC63T0: The sample shows two different generations of cobaltoan Calcite, one of them with crystals formed by an acute scalenohedron with rhombohedral terminations and stalagmitic growths, and a second in which the crystals are slightly clear very well defined rhombohedrons with polycrystalline growths on their faces. The color is very intense and the crystals have small black inclusions.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 3.2” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EA14T0: The sample shows two different generations of cobaltoan Calcite, one of them with crystals having a very short prism with rhombohedral terminations and stalagmitic growths, and a second in which the crystals are slightly clear very well defined rhombohedrons with polycrystalline growths on their faces. The color is very intense and the crystals have small black inclusions.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.9 × 4.1 cm = 3.2” × 2.7” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

ED7T0: Group of acute scalenohedral crystals with flat rhombohedral terminations. They have a very deep pink color, almost mauve, with small black inclusions.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 10.2 × 3.9 cm = 6.0” × 4.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

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, Oujda  Morocco (05-06/1979)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.3” × 2.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.7”

EF59T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Very transparent and bright parallel growth with a pink! color that appears with special intensity in some areas of the crystal.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2011 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’, special edition, number 100, page 132 and the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 191 in number 2011/3
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha  Tanzania (2011)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.5” × 0.2”

EM63T0: A crystal with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright and with a doubly terminated crystal. The color is especially intense and, due to some details, we believe it is natural, not induced by heating. The "fresh" appearance of related Prehnite crystal, with some white areas that must change color when heated, and the grayish shades at the bottom of the piece, that must also turned to blue-violet, are reasons why we offer this sample as natural, not heated.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha  Tanzania (2010)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1 × 1.2 cm = 1.4” × 0.4” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.4” × 0.5”

EG14T0: Group of two crystals. One of them, the left one, is doubly terminated, blue with slightly greenish areas. They are transparent, very bright and with crystals of Chabazite and well formed Prehnite crystals completely coating the back side and the top of the Zoisite crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2011 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’, special edition, number 100, page 132.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha  Tanzania (2010)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.4” × 0.6”