Mineral: Anglesite
Locality: Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Dimensions: 4 x 2.5 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 7.4 cm

Description: T'ouissit, Oujda, Maroc Mass: 177 g MIM number:1946 Very well formed, transparent lanceolate crystals in subparallel growth, with a yellow-orange color. They contain some inclusions of galena which constitues their base, showing clearly how the lead sulfate (anglesite) resulted from the later oxidation of lead sulfide (galena). Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Publications: "Marokko - Land der schönen Mineralien und Fossilien", "Mineralogical Record: Nov-Dec 2013" Ex collections: Bernard Charlier (France), Warren Somerville (Austalia)

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