Skutterudite

specimen number:
2341408

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

description:
Excellent for the species, two brilliant mirror bright metallic silver crystals of sharply formed skutterudite measuring to 1.3 cm in size studded up on matrix with white massive calcite. From 2009, in excellent condition and 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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