Silver on Acanthite from the Imiter Mine, Morocco

Bright wire Silver from the Imiter Mine in Morocco. These are highly aesthetic Silver specimens with dense masses of wires rising up out of Acanthite. According to my Moroccan contact, the Imiter Mine is tightly controlled and he is the only one who can get these out of the mine. These were all he had available and I bought them all.

Georges Favreau, a Moroccan mineral expert, frequent traveller to Morocco, and author of a recent article on the minerals of Morocco in the Mineralogical Record viewed these Silvers and told me the following “Imiter is very a tightly regulated mine, and this is a normal situation. In these conditions, bringing out specimens, and especially these undamaged delicate specimens must be quite exceptional. These silvers are quite rare to my knowledge and I saw a few last year and the year before (maybe it was a one time discovery and I did not see all specimens at the same time). Smaller specimens came out before but not as rich and shiny.”

Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco

Dense grouping of bright, curving Silver wires rising up off a matrix of Acanthite. Showy specimen good vieded from all directions, 4 x 3 x 3 cm.

Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco

Bright, ropey Silver wires rising up off a matrix of Acanthite, 3.2 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm.

Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco

Bright, curving Silver wires rising gracefully up off a matrix of Acanthite, 5 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm.

Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco

Bright, curving Silver wires rising up off a matrix of Acanthite. Both dense, thin wires and larger, thicker wires present, 6.8 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm.

Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco

Thick, curving, ropey Silver wires protruding out from all sides of a group of Acanthite crystals. The silver is a little tarnished and could be brightened up if desired, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm.

Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco

Bright, curvingSilver wires rising up off a matrix of Acanthite, 2.1 x 2 x 1.5 cm.