Lhamda Fluorite Mine.

Lhamda Fluorite Mine, Touroug, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco.

Small Fluorite Mine about 5km. southeast of Touroug (Ksar de Touroug; Ba Touroug).
Google Earth: 31° 33' 41 N / 04 43' 03 W

Bicolored large Fluorite cubes with well defined internal zones of yellow green and olive green color on Quartzite matrix. The crystals are mostly penetration twins with growth patterns on the cube faces, have phantoms and sometimes hematite inclusions .

Ref: Geonieuws 33(3), maart 2008
Raymond Dedeyne / Marokko 2007 / Deel 2

Greetings,
Karel

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Great job Chester, Thanks !

Karel

Dear Mr. Chester,

I have been checking the position of the Lhamda mine (that I visited in 2009) and the description given by Mr. Dedeyne in : Geonieuws 33(3), maart 2008 (Raymond Dedeyne / Marokko 2007 / Deel 2) and it is clear that there is a lot of missunderstanding about this mine.

The real location should be:

Lhamda Fluorite Mine, Touroug, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.

some other fluorites of this mine are willfully mislabeled on mindat as:

-Hameda quarry, Jorf El Melha, Sidi Kacem Province, Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region, Morocco

(Hameda is realy Lhamda) and Is not "Jorf El Melha" but just "Jorf", because the mine is between the localities of Touroug and Jorf (Er Rachidia Province).

Could you please let me know if I have to add more information?

Best regards,

Iván Blanco



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/13/2012 09:01AM by Iván Blanco (2).

Name of the mine is Hameda. It is located between Jorf and Touroug
coordinates are: 31°30'41.65"N, 4°36'22.74"W
You can see mine on google maps.
Tomek

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"Spirifer" Geological Society

OK, Thanks Tomek, so you confirm that it is in Er Rachidia Province and not in Sidi Kacem Province. Thanks again .

Iván Blanco

Iván,

Indeed you're right, the mine is located in the Rachidia Province, I shall change it.
Perhaps I'll see you Sunday at the Nautilus Show / Ghent.

Cheers,
Karel

I've transferred the data and photos from [www.mindat.org] to
[www.mindat.org].

[www.mindat.org] should go.