Imiterite

  

 

  

Rod-like crystals to 1 mm associated with silver flakes and a tiny, possible, pyrargyrite crystal.

  

  

Long, slender needles with rounded tips to about 1 mm maybe up to 1.5 mm in vuggy calcite matrix associated with leaf silver (2.5 cm).

  

  

Tiny needles to about 0.5 mm in several vugs about matrix associated with a 5 mm leaf silver.

Origin: Imiter mine, Djebel Sarhro, Anti-Atlas, Morocco (type locality)

Sample size: 1 cm x 9 x 4 mm, silvery needles to about 0.75 mm (top), 10 x 5 x 5 mm (2nd/3rd row), 4 x 3 x 4 cm (4th/5th/6th row), 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm (7th/bottom row)

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