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Morocco

Information on regions and provinces:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco#Provinces:
"Morocco is divided into 37 provinces and 2 wilayas."
"As part of a 1997 decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature, 16 new regions were created, although the full details and scope of the reorganization are limited."

http://www.statoids.com/uma.html:
"Note: The situation in Morocco is particularly messy. From independence to 1997, Morocco was divided into provinces and prefectures. They are supposed to be at the same administrative level. However, the prefectures are much smaller in area, as each one contains only one or two cities and their suburbs. Many sources don't even list the prefectures. The numbers of provinces and prefectures have grown fairly steadily over the years. This history is only an approximation to the changes that have occurred. The treatment of prefectures is incomplete."

http://www.statoids.com/yma.html
"... He notes that "even Moroccans can't understand their administrative division"."



References:
- Jahn, S., Medenbach, O., Lyckberg, P., Lierl, H. J., Bode, R. & Brandstätter, G. (2003): Marokko - Land der schönen Mineralien und Fossilien. Bode Verlag, Haltern, Germany, 543 pp. (in German)




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Alumino Adamite

var: Cuprian Adamite
'Adularia'
Aegirine
Agardite-(Ce)
Agardite-(Y) (TL)
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Alloclasite
Alluaudite
Alumopharmacosiderite
Alunite
'Amphibole Group'
var: Uralite
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Melanite
var: Stanniferous Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
var: Cobaltoan Magnesian Annabergite
var: Magnesian Annabergite
'Annabergite-Erythrite Series'
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Argentopyrite ?
Argyrodite
Arhbarite (TL)
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Asbolane
Astrophyllite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
var: Cobaltoan Austinite
var: Cuprian Austinite
Awaruite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Baddeleyite
Barbosalite
Baryte
Bayleyite
Bendadaite
Beryl
Beudantite
var: Cuprian Beudantite

Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Bouazzerite (TL)
Brannerite
Braunite
Britholite-(Ce)
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
β-Roselite
Brucite
Burtite (TL)
Butlerite
Cabalzarite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
var: Strontian Calcite
Cancrinite
Carnotite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Catapleiite
Cattierite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Cheralite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chromite
var: Titaniferous Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinoclase
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinosafflorite
Clinotyrolite
Clinozoisite
Cobaltarthurite
Cobaltaustinite
var: Cuprian Cobaltaustinite
Cobaltite
Cobaltkoritnigite
Cobaltlotharmeyerite
var: Manganoan Cobaltlotharmeyerite
'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite'
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Cordierite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Covellite
Crednerite
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Cuprobismutite
Cuprosklodowskite
Cyanotrichite
Datolite
Descloizite
'Desert Rose'
Despujolsite (TL)
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Dioptase
Dmitryivanovite (TL)
Dolomite
var: Cobaltoan Dolomite
Elpidite
Emplectite
Enargite
Epidote
Epsomite
Erythrite
Eudialyte
Eugenite
'Famatinite-Luzonite Series'
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrilotharmeyerite
var: Cobaltoan Ferrilotharmeyerite
Ferrisicklerite (TL)
Ferroalluaudite
Fettelite ?
Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe) (TL)
Fluorite
Fornacite
Freibergite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
'Garnierite'
Gaudefroyite (TL)
Geminite
Gersdorffite
Glaucodot
Glauconite
Godlevskite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
var: Palladian Gold
Graphite
Grossite
Grossular
Guanacoite
Guérinite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Haidingerite
Halite
Halotrichite
Hausmannite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Henritermierite (TL)
Hessite
Heterogenite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
Hibschite
'Hiortdahlite'
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroniumjarosite
Idaite
Illite
Ilmenite
Imiterite (TL)
Irhtemite (TL)
Iridium
Iron
var: Kamacite

Isomertieite
Jacobsite
Jacquesdietrichite (TL)
Janggunite
Jarosite
Jonassonite
Jordisite
Joséite
Jouravskite (TL)
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
Karibibite
Kashinite
Keithconnite
'K Feldspar'
Köttigite
Kotulskite
Kupletskite
Laitakarite
Lamprophyllite
Laurite
Lavendulan
Låvenite
Leucoxene
Limonite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Litharge
Lizardite
Löllingite
Lorenzenite
Luanheite
Mackinawite
Maghrebite (TL)
Magnesiochromite
Magnetite
var: Nickeloan Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Malayaite
Maldonite
Manganite
Manganoneptunite
Mansfieldite
Marcasite
Marokite (TL)
Maskelynite
Maucherite
Mcguinnessite
Melanterite
Melilite
Melliniite (TL)
Mélonjosephite (TL)
Merenskyite
Merrillite
Mertieite-I
Metanováčekite
Metazeunerite
Microcline
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
var: Rhenian Molybdenite
Molysite
'Monazite'
Montmorillonite
Mottramite
Muscovite
Natrolite
Neltnerite (TL)
Nepheline
Népouite
Nickelaustinite (TL)
Nickeline
Nickellotharmeyerite
Nickelphosphide
Nickelskutterudite
var: Chloanthite
Nickeltalmessite (TL)
Normandite
Nováčekite-I
Olivenite
var: Cobaltoan Olivenite
var: Zincian Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Osmium
Palladseite
Paraguanajuatite
Paralaurionite
Pararammelsbergite
Parasymplesite
var: Cobaltoan Parasymplesite
'Parisite'
Parnauite
Pearceite
Pecoraite
Pectolite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phengite
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Picropharmacolite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
Pimelite
Polybasite
Polylithionite
Potarite ?
Powellite
Prehnite
Proustite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyroaurite
Pyrochlore
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite ?
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chert
var: Milky Quartz
var: Prase
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Realgar
Retgersite
Rinkite
Rockbridgeite
Roselite
Rosenbuschite
Rutile
Safflorite
Sainfeldite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schneiderhöhnite
Schorl
Schorlomite
Scorodite
Sengierite
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Amalgam
var: Kongsbergite
Sjögrenite ?
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Smolianinovite
Sodalite
Sperrylite
Sphalerite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
Stannite
Starkeyite
Staurolite
Stephanite
Sternbergite
Stibnite
Stichtite
Stilbite-Ca
Stishovite
Stokesite
Strashimirite ?
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Symplesite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szaibélyite
Talc
Talmessite
var: Cobaltoan Talmessite
var: Nickeloan Talmessite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetra-auricupride
Tetrahedrite
Thorite
Titanite
Todorokite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Troilite
Ullmannite
Ulvöspinel
Uranospinite
Uvarovite
Vaesite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Varlamoffite
Vesuvianite
Vinogradovite
Vladimirite
Volynskite ?
'Wad'
Wakefieldite-(Ce)
Walentaite
Weilite
Wendwilsonite (TL)
Wickmanite
Willemite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Yukonite
var: Chromian Yukonite

Zálesíite
Zeunerite
Zincroselite
Zircon
Zunyite


1487 entries listed. 369 valid minerals. 22 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Morocco
 
    • Tagrara D'Akka
      • Tichka massif
  • Between Akka and Goulmima
      • Cherrat Wadi
      • Zag
      • Azgour (Azegour)
      • Benguerir
      • Afra
      • Ait Bourd
      • Guemassa Massif
      • High Atlas Mts
      • Tarhbalt
        • Alnif
      • Tizert
      • Boumia
      • High Atlas Mts
        • Tamazeght complex
      • M'Rirt
      • Meknès
        • Mount Hammam
  • Meskalas
      • Bou Arfa
        • Ségangan (Ségangane)
      • Oulmès
      • Boumalne-Dadès
      • El Hammam (El Hamman)
        • Bou Skour
      • Tachgagalt (Tachguagalt)
          • Bouismas
          • Méchoui
          • Oumlil
          • Taghouni
      • Touroug (Ksar de Touroug; Ba Touroug)
      • Anti-Atlas Mts
        • Mt Siroua
      • Tafraout
        • Akka

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