Realgar with Calcite

specimen number:
2341085

location:
Bouismas Mine, Tansifte Caidat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

description:
Interesting locality example for the species with dull red prismatic crystals of realgar to 1.5 cm in length across the top of a matrix that is coated with micro crystalline colorless calcite. Some contacting present as seen. From 2018. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Jan Erik Larsen.

The Bouismas Mine, situated within the renowned Bou Azzer mining district of the Central Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco, is an underground operation with a history tied to the region's mid-twentieth century and later industrial and artisanal extraction of cobalt, nickel, and associated rare elements. Geologically, the deposit is hosted within complex Precambrian serpentinites and fault-fill vein systems associated with the major Pan-African suture zone, where hydrothermal activity driven by multi-phase tectonic events deposited an array of metallic ores.

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