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Chlorite Group from Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

64Q-269Molybdenite MoS2 , Chlorite Group

Multiple photos available
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Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Field of View: 1 mm

The microstructure of Co-As-Mo-Ag-Au mineralization from Bou Azzer.
Cross section through country rock consisting of extremely fine-grained, strongly foliated and finely folded molybdenite-bearing chlorite schist (dark grey to black).

Vertically reflected light plane polarized digital image in air.
Please compare the corresponding photomicrographs.
Vintage specimen, ex G. C. Amstutz collection, Tübingen.
G. Grundmann collection and photo, homemade polished section.
Copyright: © Günter Grundmann, Detmold, Germany      Photo ID: 1398000     Uploaded by: Dr. Günter Grundmann   Approval date: 2024-09-13   View Count: 43   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 5472 x 3648 pixels (20.0 Mpix)

C6W-12DSkutterudite CoAs3 , Chlorite Group, Molybdenite MoS2

Multiple photos available
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Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Field of View: 2 mm

The microstructure of Co-As-Mo-Ag-Au mineralization from Bou Azzer.
Cross section through a strongly porous aggregate of skutterudite crystals (creamy-white), in association with extremely fine-grained flaky molybdenite (Mo - spotty greys), and extremely fine-grained fragments of chlorite schist (dark grey to black).

Vertically reflected light plane polarized digital image in air.
Please compare the corresponding photomicrographs.
Vintage specimen, ex G. C. Amstutz collection, Tübingen.
G. Grundmann collection and photo, homemade polished section.
Copyright: © Günter Grundmann, Detmold, Germany      Photo ID: 1398007     Uploaded by: Dr. Günter Grundmann   Approval date: 2024-09-13   View Count: 40   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 5472 x 3648 pixels (20.0 Mpix)
 
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