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Bou-Agrao Mt., Tamazeght complex, High Atlas Mts, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Refs.:
KHADEM ALLAH, Bouchra (1993)Syénites et pegmatites néphéliniques de complex alcaline du Tamazeght (Haut Atlas de Midelt, Maroc). Unpublished Thése Doctorat (Ph.D Thesis), Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse. 240 p.
KADAR, m. (1964) Minéralogie et implications peétrologiques des pegmatites de syénites néphéliniques du massif alcaline du Tamazeght (Haut Atlas de Midelt, Maroc). Unpublished Thesis, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse. 146 p.

- Geology of Greenland Survey Bull., vol. 190.
- www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/other.htm

Tamazeght also known under the old name Jebel Bou-Agrao is situated on the northern Central High Atlas flanks, between the populations of Zebzate and Ait Labbes, approx. 20 km southeast of Midelt. It's an alkaline-peralkaline complex of volcanic to plutonic mass of Middle Eocene age.
Map Ref: 32° 36' 36.00" N / 04° 31' 41.89" W





Mineral List:
  • Aegirine
  • Albite
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Analcime
  • Anatase
  • Andradite
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Arfvedsonite
  • Astrophyllite
  • Baryte
  • Biotite
  • Britholite-(Ce)
  • Calcite
  • Cancrinite
  • Catapleiite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Cheralite
  • Copper
  • Diopside
  • Elpidite
  • Eudialyte
  • Fluorite
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hematite
  • 'Hiortdahlite'
  • Kupletskite
  • Lamprophyllite
  • Låvenite
  • Lorenzenite
  • Magnetite
  • Manganoneptunite
  • Microcline
  • Muscovite
  • Natrolite
  • Nepheline
  • Normandite
  • Orthoclase
  • 'Parisite'
  • Pectolite
  • Polylithionite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrochlore
  • Pyrophanite
  • Rinkite
  • Rosenbuschite
  • Rutile
  • Schorlomite
  • Smithsonite
  • Sodalite
  • Sphalerite
  • Strontianite
  • Synchysite-(Ce)
  • Thorite
  • Titanite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Vinogradovite
  • Willemite
  • Zircon


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