ROSELITE
Specimen rsl-1

Dims: 1.8x1.1x1.2" (4.5x2.8x3.0cm)

Wt: 2.00 oz. (56.5g)

Bou-Azzer Mine, Morocco

One face of the host rock on this specimen is coated with a millimeter thick layer of roselite crystals. The exposed crystals are excellent, with a deep magenta color, quite transparent crystals, and a vitreous luster. These crystals are frequently curved on both their faces and terminations, but a loupe is needed to study their form.

Dims: 1.85x1.18x1.06" (4.7x3.0x2.7cm)

Wt: 0.97oz. (27.4g)

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This rock is host to two surfaces containing crystals of rosalite. Their maroon color is excellent, although under a loupe the color can be seen to vary quite a bit from one crystal to another, some of them being very deep, and others essentially colorless. All have excellent transparency and a vitreous luster, and their forms include many excellent scalenohedrons, although they are rather tiny. Note that the colorless crystals may be calcite - some of them support strongly colored roselite crystals.