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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"."


Refs.:
- 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 contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
  • Adamite
    var: Alumino Adamite
       var: Cuprian Adamite
  • Aegirine
  • Agardite-(Ce)
  • Agardite-(Y) (TL)
  • Albite
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • 'Allanite'
  • Alloclasite
  • Alluaudite
  • Alumopharmacosiderite
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Analcime
  • Anatase
  • Andalusite
  • Andradite
       var: Stanniferous Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Annabergite
       var: Cobaltoan Magnesian Annabergite
       var: Magnesian Annabergite
  • 'Annabergite-Erythrite Series'
  • Antigorite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaCl)
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Apophyllite-(KF)
  • Aragonite
  • Arfvedsonite
  • Argentopyrite ?
  • Argyrodite
  • Arhbarite (TL)
  • Arsenic
  • Arseniosiderite
  • Arsenolite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Asbolane
  • Astrophyllite
  • Augite
  • Aurichalcite
  • Austinite
       var: Cobaltoan Austinite
       var: Cuprian Austinite
  • Awaruite
  • 'Axinite'
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Clinoclase
  • Clinosafflorite
  • Clinotyrolite
  • Cobaltarthurite
  • Cobaltaustinite
       var: Cuprian Cobaltaustinite
  • Cobaltite
  • Cobaltkoritnigite
  • Cobaltlotharmeyerite
       var: Manganoan Cobaltlotharmeyerite
  • 'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite'
  • Conichalcite
  • Connellite
  • Copper
  • Cordierite
  • Cornubite
  • Cornwallite
  • Covellite
  • Crednerite
  • Cubanite
  • Cuprite
       var: Chalcotrichite
  • Cuprobismutite
  • Cuprosklodowskite
  • Cyanotrichite
  • Datolite
  • Descloizite
  • 'Desert Rose'
  • Despujolsite (TL)
  • Diaspore
  • Digenite
  • Diopside
  • Dioptase
  • Dmitryivanovite (TL)
  • Dolomite
  • Elpidite
  • Emplectite
  • Enargite
  • Epidote
  • Epsomite
  • Erythrite
  • Eudialyte
  • Eugenite
  • Fayalite
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • Ferrilotharmeyerite
       var: Cobaltoan Ferrilotharmeyerite
  • Ferrisicklerite (TL)
  • Fettelite ?
  • Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe) (TL)
  • Fluorite
  • Fornacite
  • Freibergite
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • 'Garnierite'
  • Gaudefroyite (TL)
  • Geminite
  • Gersdorffite
  • Glaucodot
  • Glauconite
  • Godlevskite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Graphite
  • Grossite
  • Grossular
  • Guanacoite
  • Guérinite
  • Gypsum
       var: Selenite
  • Haidingerite
  • Halite
  • Hausmannite
  • Heazlewoodite
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Henritermierite (TL)
  • Hessite
  • Heterogenite
  • Hexahydrite
  • Hibschite
  • 'Hiortdahlite'
  • Hörnesite
  • Hydromagnesite
  • Idaite
  • Ilmenite
  • Imiterite (TL)
  • Irhtemite (TL)
  • Iridium
  • Iron
    var: Kamacite
  • Isomertieite
  • Jacobsite
  • Jacquesdietrichite (TL)
  • 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
  • 'Luzonite-Famatinite Series'
  • Maghrebite (TL)
  • Magnesiochromite
  • Magnetite
       var: Nickeloan Magnetite
       var: Titaniferous Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • 'Malachite-Rosasite Series'
  • 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
  • Molybdenite
       var: Rhenian Molybdenite
  • Molysite
  • Montmorillonite
  • Mottramite
  • Muscovite
  • Natrolite
  • Neltnerite (TL)
  • Nepheline
  • Népouite
  • Nickelaustinite (TL)
  • Nickeline
  • Nickellotharmeyerite
  • Nickelphosphide
  • Nickelskutterudite
       var: Chloanthite
  • Normandite
  • Nováčekite
  • Olivenite
       var: Cobaltoan Olivenite
       var: Zincian Olivenite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
  • Orpiment
  • Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  • 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
  • Osmium
  • Palladseite
  • Paraguanajuatite
  • Pararammelsbergite
  • Parasymplesite
       var: Cobaltoan Parasymplesite
  • 'Parisite'
  • Parnauite
  • Pearceite
  • Pectolite
  • Pentlandite
  • Perovskite
  • Pharmacolite
  • Pharmacosiderite
  • Phengite
  • Phlogopite
  • Phosgenite
  • Picropharmacolite
  • Piemontite
  • Pigeonite
  • Pimelite
  • Polybasite
  • Polylithionite
  • Powellite
  • Prehnite
  • Proustite
  • 'Psilomelane'
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
       var: Bravoite
  • Pyroaurite
  • Pyrochlore
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Pyrophanite
  • Pyrophyllite
  • Pyrostilpnite
  • 'Pyroxene Group'
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Milky Quartz
       var: Prase
       var: Sceptre Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Rammelsbergite
  • Realgar
  • Retgersite
  • Rinkite
  • Roselite
  • Rosenbuschite
  • Rutile
  • Safflorite
  • Sainfeldite
  • 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
  • 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'
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Thorite
  • Titanite
  • Todorokite
  • 'Tourmaline Group'
  • Tremolite
  • Troilite
  • Ulvöspinel
  • 'Unnamed (Au-Bi Sulphide)'
  • Uranospinite
  • Uvarovite
  • Vaesite
  • Valleriite
  • Vanadinite
       var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
  • Varlamoffite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Vinogradovite
  • Vladimirite
  • 'Wad'
  • Wakefieldite-(Ce)
  • Walentaite
  • Weilite
  • Wendwilsonite (TL)
  • Whitlockite
  • Wickmanite
  • Willemite
  • Wittichenite
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite
  • Wulfenite
  • Wurtzite
  • Xanthoconite
  • Yukonite
    var: Chromian Yukonite
  • Zálesíite
  • Zeunerite
  • Zincroselite
  • Zircon
  • Zunyite


    417 entries listed. 337 valid minerals. 21 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Morocco
     
      • Tagrara D'Akka
        • Tichka massif
    • Bou-Arfa
      • Sefrou Province
      • Casablanca Prefecture
        • Cherrat Wadi
      • Assa-Zag Province
        • Zag
        • Azgour (Azegour)
        • Benguerir
        • Afra
        • Guemassa Massif
        • High Atlas Mts
        • Tarhbalt
          • Alnif
        • Tizert
        • Boumia
        • High Atlas Mts
          • Tamazeght complex
        • M'Rirt
        • Meknès
          • Mount Hammam
    Morocco
     
    • Meskalas
          • Ségangan (Ségangane)
      • Khémisset Province
        • Oulmès
        • Boumalne-Dadès
        • El Hammam (El Hamman)
          • Bou Skour
        • Tachgagalt (Tachguagalt)