Silver with Calcite and Löllingite

Specimen ID: JWH-EH8

Title
Silver with Calcite and Löllingite
Locality
As recorded:
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco
Dimensions
34mm x 30mm x 21mm
Description
A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals cubics and cuboctahedral with well defined faces and edges, bright and partially coated by Löllingite (analyzed). On a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified. Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020) Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.83” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”
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Reference: TP51AN1 A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals cubics and cuboctahedral with well defined faces and edges, bright and partially coated by Löllingite (analyzed). On a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified. Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020) Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.83” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”
Jordi Fabre - 26th November 2021
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