(Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Maroc)
Famous cobalt mining district.
References:- Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2001). Bou Azzer, description des espèces minérales. Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, (73), 34-112. (in French) [The complete article: Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2001). Le district cobalto-nickélifère de Bou Azzer (Maroc) - Géologie, histoire et description des espèces minérales. Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 3/2001, 1-112. (in French)]
- Gasquet D, Levresse G, Cheilletz A, Deloule E, Azizi Samir MR, Zyadi R. (2005). Contribution to a geodynamic reconstruction of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco) during Pan African times with the emphasis on inversion tectonics and metallogenetic activity at the Precambrian Cambrian transition. Precambrian Research. 140, 3-4, 157-182
- Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Eine weltberühmte Kontaktlagerstätte: Bou Azzer, Marokko. Lapis 31(7/8), 13-21 (in German)
- Ait Haddouch, L., Maacha, L., Dietrich, J. E. and Favreau, G. (2006). Kobaltförderung seit 1928: Die Bergbaugeschichte von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 22-26. (in German)
- Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Die Mineralien von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 27-68. (in German)
- S. Weiß (2006). Komplette Mineralliste des Grubenreviers Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 72-73. (in German)
- Favreau, G., Dietrich, J. E., Meisser, N., Brugger, J., Ait Haddouch, L. & Maacha, L. (2007): Bou Azzer, Morocco. Mineralogical Record 38, 345-407. [basically the English version of the Lapis special issue from 2007]
- Favreau, G., Meisser, N., Kampf, A., Devouard, B., Parodi, G.C. (2007): Descriptions complémentaires des minéraux du district de Bou Azzer (2001-2007). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, 2/2007, 3-96.
- Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, Shoji Arai, and Moha Ikenne (2009): Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Co-Ni Arsenide Ores of Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Economic Geology 104, 249-266.
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634 entries listed. 219 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals).