MTF66CD5: Group of Malachite pseudomorphs with two different habits, one with thin, quadratic tabular crystals of what could perhaps have been Baryte, and the other with more elongated and thinner crystals of what perhaps could have been Azurite. Implanted on a limonitic rock matrix.
The specimen comes from the Tazalarht mining district in Morocco, from a relatively recent discovery.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region Morocco (01-02/2023)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.09” × 1.69”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
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