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well, now we are fond of arsenate and phosphate, because their colours and different forms and their paragenesis and beauty !

so we spent our last holidays in Morocco, Bou-Azzer and in Portugal, Mangualde and Folgosinho mines particulary.

give a look to these photos and the minerals on sale at virtual shop !

MOROCCO !

  me at Oumlil, Bou-Azzer

me at Ait-Amhane, Bou-Azzer

to Agdez

  me and Ali Aknous, Oumlil village, Bou-Azeer

PORTUGAL !

me at Folgosinho mine, november 2008

my friend Luigi Chiappino with mr. Carolinho, the owner of Mangualde mine

beraunite and strengite - mangualde,portugal

strengite and beraunite, mangualde, portugal

laueite and strengite, mangualde, portugal

BRAZIL !!!!!!!!!!

during the last year (2009) we also visited Brazil, two times , and we went to search directly minerals on Sapucaia, Eduardo, Boa Vista, Cigana dumps.

Quite dangerous cause snakes and hot temperature but we foud very excellent phosphates , like as phosphosiderite, strengite, variscite, cyrilovite, barbosalite, leucophosphite and many others

going to Sapucaia, me  and a bridge over not trouble water !

me at Eduardo mine, june 2009

pink balls of strengite with red leucophosphite balls - Sapucaia

 leucophosphite - Sapucaia

 saleeite on variscite - Boa Vista