Mineral: Skutterudite
Locality: Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Dimensions: 11 x 6.5 x 16.5 cm / main crystal: 3.4 cm

Description: Mass: 1950 g MIM number:1958 Slab covered with polysynthetic, very lustrous dodecahedral crystals considered well-formed for the species, interspersed with a few rosettes of small crystals of white quartz. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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