Cobaltoan Calcite

Druse, on matrix, of very acute scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral terminations. They are between transparent and translucent and have a color between deep pink and mauve, with a second generation of crystals with the same morphology, but with orange shades. 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. Agoudal Mines, Agoudal, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (2013) Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.5 × 5.2 cm = 3.1” × 3.0” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”