Detailed information
Dimensions
51 x 40 x 21
mm
Locality
Bouismas Mine, Bouismas Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
Condition
No recorded repairs
This miniature of the silver antimonide Dyscrasite, forms a coral-like array of branching thick stems of a strange, slightly pinkish golden-silver. This specimen is from the Bouismas mine in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco, which operated for only two years between 2008 and 2010, exploiting a vein rich in silver within the Bou Azzer Mining District. The crude crystals form fronds to 1 cm wide, tapering toward their base. A good example of this rather rare silver species.