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Calcite from
Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Roselite13 photos of Calcite associated with Roselite at this locality.
Skutterudite7 photos of Calcite associated with Skutterudite at this locality.
Talmessite6 photos of Calcite associated with Talmessite at this locality.
Erythrite5 photos of Calcite associated with Erythrite at this locality.
Roselite-Wendwilsonite Series4 photos of Calcite associated with Roselite-Wendwilsonite Series at this locality.
Anorthoroselite2 photos of Calcite associated with Anorthoroselite at this locality.
Cobaltlotharmeyerite2 photos of Calcite associated with Cobaltlotharmeyerite at this locality.
Dolomite2 photos of Calcite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Cobalt-bearing Calcite1 photo of Calcite associated with Cobalt-bearing Calcite at this locality.
Hematite1 photo of Calcite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (16 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:823673
Long-form Identifier:1:3:823673:9
GUID (UUID V4):fa087e29-f5db-4ffc-801d-ef1639ebdd93
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Vein No. 5, Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Vein No. 7, Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Vein No. 7, Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
0.7km (0.4 miles) Vein No. 5, Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
1.0km (0.6 miles) Bou Azzer Vein No. 2, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
1.5km (0.9 miles) Bou Azzer East deposit, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.7km (4.8 miles) Khder Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
8.9km (5.5 miles) Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.6km (7.2 miles) Bouismas Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.8km (7.3 miles) Oumlil Mine (incl. Oumlil East Mine), Oumlil, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
13.0km (8.1 miles) Tamdrost Mine, Tamdrost, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
23.4km (14.5 miles) Limestone quarry, Ightem, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
References
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(spiriferminerals.com) had just a few of the stunning new calcite specimens from Malaysia whereas right now there...2021, in a giant cave, some locals discovered a calcite crystal-lined pocket a few meters long with standing...of the pocket walls covered by gleaming white calcite crystals to 10 cm long. The crystals are prisms...(never mind their environment) easily pegs them as calcite. Most of the crystal groups are “starbursts” or...specimens from the 2021 find, with individual calcite crystals from 5 to 8 cm in starbursts, flowers
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of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco): The Late Triassic Central Atlantic Magmatic Province Event Mohammed Ouchchen...of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco): The Late Triassic Central Atlantic Magmatic Province Event. Minerals 2023...Sciences, Ibnou Zohr University, Agadir 80000, Morocco Department of Geology, DLGR Laboratory, Faculty...Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech 40000, Morocco MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Center—Sedimentary...Paleozoic sedimentary cover of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco) is continually being revised not only to improve
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examples will be shown in the magazine report.) Morocco Online A July-August update on the site of Joan...pyromorphite from the Bou Iboulkhir mine, Moulay Bouazza, Khénifra, Meknès-Tafilalt region: Joan writes a bit...cm, from the Bou Iboulkhir mine, Moulay Bouazza, Khénifra, Meknès-Tafilalet region, Morocco. Rosell Minerals...miniature to cabinet-size groups of cobalt-rich calcite (not “cobaltocalcite”—an invalid species name)...famous Bou Azzer cobalt-mining district. We have seen pink cobalt-rich calcite from Bou Azzer on the
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geochemistry of dolerite dykes in the Bas Drâa Inlier of the Anti-Atlas of Morocco: Newly identified 1380 Ma event...Ibnou Zohr University, P.O. Box 28/S, Agadir, Morocco Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Lund...Abdellah Boulevard, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakech, Morocco f National Centre for Studies and Research on the...Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, P.O. Box 511, Marrakech, Morocco g Centro de Geologia da Universidade de Lisboa...Abdelkarim El Khattabi Avenue, Guéliz, Marrakech, Morocco b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received
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Abdellah Boulevard, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakech, Morocco Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan...Irfane, P.O. Box 8027, Nations Unies, 10102 Rabat, Morocco e Centro de Geologia da Universidade de Lisboa...Abdelkarim El Khattabi Avenue, Guéliz, Marrakech, Morocco i Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibnou...Ibnou Zohr University, P.O. Box 28/S, Agadir, Morocco j Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon et UCBL, Laboratoire...of the Anti-Atlas belt in the southern part of Morocco contain numerous dolerite dyke and sill swarms
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ORIGIN OF THE COBALT ARSENIDE ORES OF THE BOU AZZER AREA, MOROCCO G. A. Krutov , N. P. Mikhaylov , B. V....ORIGIN OF THE COBALT ARSENIDE ORES OF THE BOU AZZER AREA, MOROCCO, International Geology Review, 31:3, 306-316...ORIGIN OF THE COBALT ARSENIDE ORES OF THE BOU AZZER AREA, MOROCCO Downloaded by [Northwestern University]...o genezise arsenidno-kobal'tovykh rud rayona Bu-Azzer (Marokko)," Geologiya rudnykh mestorozhdeniy, 1989...serpentinized ultramafic rocks. The geology of the Bou Azzer-El Graara cobalt district has been examined thoroughly
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and recommendations for the cobalt mission to Morocco sponsored by The Trade and Development Program...and Development Program and the Government of Morocco This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed....................................... 3 3 5 BOU AZZER COBALT DEPOSITS ............................................... 6 Geologic setting of the Bou Azzer mineralization ................... 6 Evaluation of...Evaluation of the adequacy of exploration 'in the Bou Azzer area ........................................
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Ni–Co–Fe ARSENIDE ORES FROM THE AGHBAR MINE, BOU AZZER, MOROCCO Fernando GERVILLA§ Departamento de Mineralogía...history of the Co–Ni arsenide ores at Bou Azzer district, Morocco, (and by extension to the natural arsenides...Aghbar mine have been studied. The Aghbar mine, located in the western central area of the Bou Azzer inlier...with the general sequence established for the Bou Azzer district, meaningful differences in mineral chronology...relations, vein ores, replacement textures, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Introduction Arsenides and sulfarsenides
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feature articles Famous Mineral Localities: Bou-Azzer, Morocco.......................69 by Gerard Pallix...Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .........length, collected in the Mindola open pit, Rokana mine, Zambia, by S. P. Korowski. The Mineralogical Record...under­ ground miner at the 115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August...presented at his trial, Stokes began sneaking into the mine at night and stealing (“highgrading”) gold. No one
 
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