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Aggregate, on matrix, of crystals formed by a short six faced prism with parallel growths on its faces, and a flattened terminal rhombohedron. The crystals are very bright and have a very deep, intense and uniform color. Agoudal Mines, Agoudal, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (10/2012) Specimen size: 8.1 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 3.2” × 1.8” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”
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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”
Cobaltoan Calcite
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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. Agoudal Mines, Agoudal, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (2013) Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.2 × 4.5 cm = 3.1” × 2.8” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”
Cobaltoan Calcite
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Botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, with microcrystalline surfaces, bright, with a very vivid and uniform color. Agoudal Mines, Agoudal, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (2012) Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 1.6 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 0.6”
Cobaltoan Calcite
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Botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, with microcrystalline surfaces, bright, with a very vivid and uniform color that contrasts with the darker tones of the matrix. Agoudal Mines, Agoudal, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (2012) Specimen size: 7.1 × 6 × 3 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.2”
Cobaltoan Calcite
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Druse of prismatic crystals with rhombohedral terminations. They are more individualized than usual and have a very deep, intense and uniform pink, almost mauve, color Agoudal Mines, Agoudal, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (10/2012) Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 3.1” × 1.9” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”
Cobaltoan Calcite
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Irregular aggregate of crystals formed by a short prism with six faces and a flattened terminal rhombohedron, with vertical parallel growths all along the prism. The crystals are bright and have a deep and uniform mauve color. Agoudal Mines, Agoudal, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Morocco (2012) Specimen size: 8 × 7.5 × 3.3 cm = 3.1” × 3.0” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”
Cobaltoan Calcite with Calcite and Pyrite