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Fig. 2. District-scale geologic setting of the Jbel Tirremi fluorite-barite hydrothermal deposit (modified after Giret, 1985)
showing the main lithostratigraphic units, the extent of structural styles, and the relative position of known fluorite-barite
prospects, and their relationships to the Eocene lamprophyre dike swarms.

Fig. 3. Representative selected field exposures, hand specimen, and photomicrographs of thin sections illustrating field
exposures, representative aspects of mineralogy, and styles of open-space filling mineralization and textural variations of dif-
ferent ore types from the Jbel Tirremi fluorite-barite hydrothermal deposit. A. Panoramic view, looking northeast, of the Jbel
Tirremi showing the relief of the dome and the remnants of older workings. B. Photomicrograph taken under cross-polarized
light showing the equigranular to weakly porphyritic texture of the lamprophyre dike with prominent clinopyroxene, biotite,
and secondary calcite phenocrysts set in a fine-grained groundmass of biotite, clinopyroxene, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
C. Photomicrograph taken under plane-polarized light showing the development of a pervasive hydrothermal silicification
typified by the occurrence of euhedral crystals of quartz accompanied by barite and fluorite. D. Zebra texture displaying
interlayered dolomitized limestone host rock (gray-brown layers), barite, and fluorite. Inset shows some of the vein crosscut-
ting relationships used to determine the history of the Jbel Tirremi fluorite-barite mineralization. Accordingly, two distinct
generations of fluorite are recognized: an early vein fluorite generation (F-1) related to the main-stage (i.e., stage I) displaced
by the second generation of vein fluorite (F-2) related to the late-stage (i.e., stage II). E. Close up of a bedding-parallel dis-
solution cavity with white barite rimming the walls of the cavity and fluorite filling the remaining space (i.e., the center of the
cavity). F. Close up of a tension gash filled with cubic fluorite. G. Panoramic view, looking south, of an exploited fluorite-barite
transtensional vein displaying sharp contact with the Liassic dolomitic host rock. Abbreviations: Ba = barite, Bi = biotite, Cc=
calcite, Cpx = clinopyroxene, F = fluorite, Qz = quartz.