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Marokite from
Tachgagalt Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marokite
Formula:CaMn23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Henritermierite4 photos of Marokite associated with Henritermierite at this locality.
Jouravskite2 photos of Marokite associated with Jouravskite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marokite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tachgagalt Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:122256
Long-form Identifier:1:3:122256:2
GUID (UUID V4):0a23bfb3-ce7f-41fe-843e-26206675798b
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
CaMn3+ 2 O4 Marokite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point...03(2) c = 3.162(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tachgagalt, Morocco. 2.71 (FF), 2.22 (FF), 2.29 (F), 2.07 (F)... 26.21 Total 99.76 [100.00] 100.00 (1) Tachgagalt, Morocco. (2) Do.; recalculated to 100% after deduction... crednerite, dolomite, barite, calcite (Tachgagalt, Morocco); pyrolusite, cryptomelane, “opal” (Kuruman...From Tachgagalt, 17 km south of Ouarzazate, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. In the Black Rock mine, near
Report (issue)
exhibiting {1010} and {1012}, to 0.3 mm, imbedded in marokite, in sugary masses and blotches. Physical Properties:...10.50–10.610 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tachgagalt, Morocco. 9.6 (FFF), 5.53 (F), 3.81 (F), 3.42 (mF)...00 99.1 100.00 13.38 25.90 41.61 (1) Tachgagalt, Morocco. (2) Do.; by electron microprobe, total Mn...calcite, marokite, gaudefroyite, henritermierite, despujolsite, barite (Tachgagalt, Morocco). Distribution:...From Tachgagalt, 17 km south of Ouarzazate, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. In the N’Chwaning mine, near
Report (issue)
= 11.91(1) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tachgagalt mine, Morocco. 2.75 (vvs), 2.516 (vs), 4.37 (s), 3.09...35.45 2.56 7.85 0.08 Total 99.87 (1) Tachgagalt mine, Morocco; corresponds to Ca2:97 (Mn3+ 1:48 Al0:54...in a manganese ore deposit (Tachgagalt mine, Morocco). Association: Marokite, hausmannite, gaudefroyite...gaudefroyite, calcite (Tachgagalt mine, Morocco); hausmannite, manganite, hematite, calcite, barite, andradite (N'Chwaning...(N'Chwaning mine, South Africa). Distribution: In the Tachgagalt manganese mine, Anti-Atlas Mountains
Report (issue)
c = 5.891(1) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tachgagalt, Morocco. 2.95 (FF), 2.62 (FF), 2.46 (FF), 9.1 (F)...0.07 0.02 0.01 0.61 99.92 100.17 (1) Tachgagalt, Morocco; H2 O by the Penfield method, includes pyrolusite...(CO3 )0.95 [O2.78 (OH)0.22 ]Σ=3.00 . (2) Wessels mine, South Africa; by electron microprobe, corresponding...Association: Marokite, braunite, hausmannite, crednerite, pyrolusite, calcite, quartz, brucite (Tachgagalt, Morocco);...Distribution: From Tachgagalt, 17 km south-southwest of Ouarzazate, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. At the Wessels
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu2[BO(OH)2](OH)3, a new mineral from the Tachgagalt mine, Morocco: Description and crystal structure ANTHONY...8 Å3, Z = 4, is a new mineral from the Tachgagalt mine, Morocco. The strongest eight lines of the X-ray...French Territories) who worked extensively in Morocco. Dr. Dietrich discovered the new mineral. The crystal...mineral, crystal structure, copper, borate, Tachgagalt (Morocco). Introduction In the early 1960’s Pascal...manganese mine at Tachgagalt (17 miles south of Ouarzazate, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco) noticed an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 53, MARCII APRIL, 1968 SECONDOCCURRENCE OF MAROKITE P. R. tB Vtr.r.rnns, ReseorchLaboratories,Soulh...Permingeat (1963) in ore from Tachgagalt, Morocco, and named marokite. Its crystal structure has been...identified marokite as a rare mineral in the ore from Black Rock Mine, N.W. Cape Province, Republic of...briefly describedby De Villiers and Herbstein(1967). Marokite was found in one sample only. The sample has a...brousappearance owing to densely packed slender crystals. Marokite occurs as remnants in an unidentified alteration
Report (issue)
c = 18.854 Z= 8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tachgagalt, Morocco. 2.728 (10), 1.672 (8.5), 1.427 (6), 1.085...78.94 8.94 Total 99.33 Chemistry: (1) Tachgagalt, Morocco; by electron microprobe, average of 14 analyses;...calcium (Tachgagalt, Morocco). Association: Braunite, marokite, crednerite (Tachgagalt, Morocco). Distribution:...Distribution: At Tachgagalt, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. From Manganese Creek Falls, Keeweenaw Co.,...mineral deposits of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Type Material: National School of Mines, Paris
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 53, MARCII APRIL, 1968 SECONDOCCURRENCE OF MAROKITE P. R. tB Vtr.r.rnns, ReseorchLaboratories,Soulh...Permingeat (1963) in ore from Tachgagalt, Morocco, and named marokite. Its crystal structure has been...identified marokite as a rare mineral in the ore from Black Rock Mine, N.W. Cape Province, Republic of...briefly describedby De Villiers and Herbstein(1967). Marokite was found in one sample only. The sample has a...brousappearance owing to densely packed slender crystals. Marokite occurs as remnants in an unidentified alteration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERAL NAM FS 817 Marokite c' Gluonrnov, c. Jounavsxv aml l'. Pnnrr.tNcBer. La marokite, caMnzor, une nouvelle...espdcemin6rale. Bull. Soc.Jranc.Mineral.86, 359-367 (1963). Marokite occurs in a gangue of Mn-free calcite and barite...the dump of no. 2 vein at Tachgagalt, 17 km SSE of Ooarza"zate,Morocco. Marokite occurs in large (5X1.5X05...cm3;specificgravity at 2O"C.is 4.64+0.02. Macroscopically, marokite is black, opaque with dark red internal reflection...reflection, bright luster, reddish-brown streak. Marokite is biaxial negative, 2Y7:2go-25"; X:c, and the plane
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in The Netherlands [21 Disproportionation of marokite at high pressures and temperatures with geophysical...Revised version received March 4, 1983 Natural marokite (CaMn~O4) has been studied at high pressures and...the pressure range 100-250 kbar. A mixture of marokite, CaMnO 3 (perovskite) and MnO (rocksalt) has been...the quenched samples. It was interpreted that marokite disproportionates into the mixture CaMnO 3 (perovskite)...molar volume for all known compounds having the marokite-related structures (including CaFe204 and CaTi:O4)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1958 I was taken into the upper levels of the South mine from the bot­ tom of the old open cut, and saw the...post-mine pro­ duct and, therefore, not eligible to be called a mineral, though some post-mine efflorescences...mineralization, is from the Mercedes and Herminia mine group. MOROCCO Henritermierite Mr. Gilbert Gauthier of...henritermierite. The oc­ currence is vein #2 at Tachgagalt, near Ouarzazate in the Anti-Atlas Mountains...darkbrown granular mineral in contact with black marokite and fibrous black gaudefroyite on one side and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence of natural ferrosilicon in the northern Azov region. Dokl. Ahad. Nauh.S.S.SR,185, 4lG+18 (in Russian)...Poltava series near Zachativsk station, Donets region, fragments 0.1 to 3 mm in size were found of material...w'ere not found in the crystalline rocks of the region. The grains are serrated, specular, dendritic with...drill core of epidote amphibolite, in the Surskii region, 300 km awaJ,/. The possibility that the minerals...crystals of marokite, hausmannite, and rare gaudefroyite in the Tachgagalt manganese mine, Morocco. Calcite
Book (edition)
turquoise Samarskite-(Y) Phosphuranylite Calomel Marokite Plattnerite Uranocircite Carnotite Uranophane...bright orange to its colours red rare, carminered Marokite Vyalsovite isotropic very weak, very weak greys... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL
Book
marokkanischen ses Buches die äußerst mineralreiche Region in Nordafrika nicht wiedergeben. Mineralien aus...r, al so wieder zurück zur Hauptstraße. Nahe der Mine von Guemassa können wir im Gelände noch kleine Achatkugeln...jedoch weder etwas über die aktuelle Situation der Mine in Erfahrung bringen noch irgendwelche Mineralien...müssten, der uns dann die Mineraliensammlung der Mine zeigen würde. , der Mineralienjagd und lässt durchblicken...nicht anzutreffen ist, fahren wir weiter Richtung Zagora, wo an einem Tagebau Belegstücke von Erythrin aufgesammelt
Book (edition)
IV/B.05-50 Hydrohetaerolite 622 IV/B.05-60 624 Marokite IV/B.06-50 626 Minium IV/C - Oxides with Metal...(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
malachite)Averllyn Mine (1917)Bettws-y-coed Carn2Tl lll Minrecordite* Gr4l4". The Aberllyn mine is in the Llanrwst...5;650, 17.65,18.65%. The mineral occurs at Tachgagalt,Morocco, in small grains, Yafsoanite* rarely in dipyramidal...minerals are braunite and a calcian braunite, marokite, and a new tellurium minerYafsoanite, (Zn13sCa136Pbs26)3TeO6...56,27.38;PbO12.82,8.88;CaO 16.79,18.47;SiOz azawa mine, Gumma Prefecture, Japan. Mineralog. Journal excessO
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
atlas refers to 6 villages under this name in this region of China, but none of them is situated at the distance...Abbreviations: (Dst.) district, area; (Co.) county; (m.) mine; (Mf.) massif; (Q.) quarry; (N) north, northern...nichromite 5 – Bou Azzer \(30°31`N, 6°54`W), Morocco \\1956smolianinovite;…1987wendwilsonite 9 – Branchville...\\1914metahewettite (Jo Dandy Claim);…1962hendersonite (J. J. mine) 4 – Pitigliano \ (42°37`N, 11°39`E), Grosseto,...Republic \\1820cronstedtite;…1990znucalite (Lill mine) 6 – Rapid Creek \(point A: 68°33`N, 136°47`W; point
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r,vasfound on the dumps of vein no. 2, Tachgagalt, Morocco, 17 km SSW of Ouatzazate. It occurs in a...quartz, and locally brucite; it is associated with marokite (CaMnzOr), braunite, hausmannite, crednerite,...been found at the Magnet cove Barium corporation mine about 2] 'I'he mineral occurs as water soluble efflorescences...Molror, Vanadium silicate minerals from the Yamato Mine, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Scl. Repts. Itoutlty...Ca:V:(SiO+)e(goldmanite)-MnrVz(SiO+):. The name yamatoite, for the mine, is given to the latter end member, which has not
Journal (issue)
Zeolites and associated minerals from the Palabora mine, Transvaal........................................& R. S. W. Braithwaite The Lake George antimony mine, New Brunswick ..................... 263 by W. E...in g m ine, Kalahari m an g an ese field, C ape Province, South Africa. (See th e article in this issue...July-A ugust, 1991 in the collection from a specific mine, state or country, or all the gem beryls over 20...Specialists in the min­ eralogy of a particular region have also been afforded the opportunity to study
Catalog/List
alkali massif, located in the Kola Peninsula , province of Murmansk in the Soviet Union , is one of the...silver-arsenide deposits of the Cobalt-Gowganda region , Ontario",Can. Min. 11:1-429. Slabs show globular...(SiO,),(OH),, #2 Vein , Tachgagalt , near Ouarzazate, Anti-Atlas Mts. , Morocco. Very dark brown granular...henritermierite zone between gray calcite and black marokite (with occasional black fibers of gaudefroyite)...9 cm - 9 x 12 cm ... $15.00 AgCI , Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill , New South Wales. 10 x 5 x 4 cm matrix
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with marokite, gaudefroyite, and other rare manganese minerals from the Tachgagalt manganese mine, Morocco...Figure 5: Grossular, dodecahedral crystal, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec; specimen 4.5 cm across. George...Grossular crystal group, 8 cm across, Coyote Front mine, Bishop, California. Jim Minette specimen, Jeffrey...Mexico; Dan Behnke specimen and photo. Hercules mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. Natural History...Medici photo (1980). Figure 71 (right): Barton Garnet mine, Gore, New York, where almandine (as much as 1 foot
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
270. Natural fi-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagan6 mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...lavender-eoloured pleochroic crystals from the Centennial mine, Calumet, Michigan, have the composition Cu(OH,C1)2...apple-green crusts on quartz from Hingston Down Consols mine, Calstock, Cornwall, consist of an intimate mixture...scales with good basal cleavage from the Centennial mine, Calumet, Michigan, have the composition Cu(OH,C1)2...small monoclinic crystals at the Mounana uranium mine, Republic of Gabon. Named for J. Chervet. [M.A.
Journal (issue)
on the Benitoite Gem mine, it was stated that the Mina Numero Uno, a nearby mine having a similar mineralogy...Alpine clefts in the Mont Blanc Swiss-French border region. genbach quarry specimens (see the Record, They...prices would otherwise be way out of reach. buck region. This can produce some surprises both ways. Another...France’s “Mine Des Farges,” now known worked the high altitudes of the Goscheneralp (canton Uri) region also...Massif Mont Tondu (range), in France’s Savoie province. The deep blue crystals were sharply terminated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovered cn tbc clumps of the Tachgagalt No 2 vein (AntiAtlas, Morocco), from r-hich the nerv minerals...minerals gaudefrof ite antl marokite have recently been described (,Am Mineral 49,817;50, 806 807). It is hexagonal...chalcopyrite, sphalerite and pyrrhotite; at the vauze mine, 15 mi north of Noranda, Quebec, canada. The mineral...golden 1'ellou, material found at the South Terras mine, St. Stephen in-Brannel, cornu,all, gives an r-ray...xanthiosite (seepreceding abstract) at the South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall, has been identified
Book
should be of specimens from localities within the region of that museum, or at least from the country concerned...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below...N. from the main railway station, landmark is a mine headframe. Tues.- Fri. 8.30-17.30 hrs.; Sat.- Sun...Luis Potosi, Mexico Tsumeb, Namibia Mibladen, Morocco Tsumeb, Namibia 2 7 7 9 9 localities) Moschellandsberg
 
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