
We arrived to Midelt by night. The view from our hotel window. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Mohammed Laaroussi from Midelt who is our very good friend and part of Spirifer family – we spent with him a lot of time! J. Gajowniczek photo.

We were very happy to visit working with a freshly opened geode!, Mibladen. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Tom at the bottom of the working. J. Gajowniczek photo.

A freshly opened geode with very good color, lustrus vanadinites and baryte (note the ring inside the geode for scale). J. Gajowniczek photo.

Tom underground with a blood red vanadinite on baryte that just left the geode. J. Gajowniczek photo.

The same vanadinite from the picture above with two other very unusual specimens. J. Gajowniczek photo.

An unusual, huge, curved, top color vanadinite crystal. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Dirty Tom coming back to the surface, Mibladen. J. Gajowniczek photo.

The specimen from one of the photos above, very lustrus, unusually shaped vanadinite. J. Gajowniczek photo.

And another - also very interestingly crystallized specimen. J. Gajowniczek photo.

One of the vanadinites from the same find, note the very red color. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Vanadinite on baryte from the same find. J. Gajowniczek photo.

We made a trip to Aouli, Sidi Ayed and a calcite locality without name the next day. In the old entrance to the Aouli Mine. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Tomb of a man called Sidi Ayed - from whom the village of Sidi Ayed took its name. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Sidi Ayed Mine famous for fluorites, malachites and azurites. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Workings in Sidi Ayed. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Around Sidi Ayed. J. Gajowniczek photo.

After the trip to Sidi Ayed we returned to Mibladen to see the same geode once again - this time it was opened more widely. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Very happy Tom going dow to the working. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Tom (in a very uncomfortable position) preparing the geode for photography. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Tom (in a very uncomfortable position) preparing the geode for photography. J. Gajowniczek photo.

A pocket with incredibly red, superb specimens on baryte. Tom was very unhappy he could not collect there too much. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Tom examining specimens from the geode above. J. Gajowniczek photo.

A blood-red specimen. J. Gajowniczek photo.

One of the best specimens from the find. J. Gajowniczek photo.

Big, lustrus crystals on baryte matrix. J. Gajowniczek photo. |