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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tachgagalt Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420939
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420939:3
GUID (UUID V4):eb05d0ea-a84c-4215-9532-49516c2ad4b6
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
45.1km (28.0 miles) Tamdakht meteorite, Ghassate Caïdat, Ouarzazate Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
58.8km (36.5 miles) Nkob deposit, Anzal Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
69.0km (42.9 miles) Açdif Au deposit, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
88.3km (54.9 miles) Bensour meteorite, Foum Zguid, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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...hausmannite, and rare gaudefroyite in the Tachgagalt manganese mine, Morocco. Calcite is commonly present. The
Book (edition)
orange Chromite Zincochromite Gaudefroyite Apatite - (CaF) Willemite Ludwigite reddish brown to... 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...(greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample
Journal (issue)
gypsum on chert that I collected at the Minerva No. 1 mine dump in 1985. It had bundles of orange crystals...specimens I had collected in 1995 from the Annabel Lee mine ore pile had been cataloged as "celestine." I found...Meridiani, in the last spring was not a fluke. } region where the Rover Furthermore. it has mapped the... east of Valles Marineris, and also in a small region (240°E, clues about past climates on Mars and the...Pigmy (Pygmy) mine, near the village of Mexico in Crittenden Co., KY. A description of this mine can be found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
yellow of first order. The mineral occurs at Tachgagalt, Morocco, in cavities between crystals of gaudefroyite...Despujols, found of the Service Carte Geologique, Morocco. It was approved before publication by the Commission...of tombarthite. When heated to 1200oCin air, an apatite structure was formed. X-ray study shows that the...blurred. Above 700o the pattern is that of the apatite group with a 9.34, c 6.78 A. plus some additional...of melnikovite from the type locality, Saratov region, USSR, and find them to be cubic Fe3Sa,identical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
corroded germanite containing gallite, at the Tsumeb mine, S. W. Africa. G 3.84 (measured),3.847 (calc. from...chalcopyrite The mineral occurs at the Prince Leopold Mine, Kipushi, Katanga, and at Tsumeb, in size up to...lazulite, and lesser amounts of crandallite and apatite. NEW DATA Crednerite C Geuoarnoy, J. Drnrnrcn...89,80-88 (1966). A nelr,'analysis from Idikel, Morocco, by M. Barbelet gave CuO 48.95, MnO 49.70,Oz 0...BaO 0.4. 2 and 3 are from ldikel; 4 from Tachgagalt, Morocco; 5 from Friedrichsroda, Germany; 6 from Mendip
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrope for Al and Si, synthetic NiAs for As, apatite for P, Sb for Sb) gave: AszOs43.30, P2O50.96, SbzOs2...malachite)Averllyn Mine (1917)Bettws-y-coed Carn2Tl lll Minrecordite* Gr4l4". The Aberllyn mine is in the Llanrwst...and the Geol. Museum, Kola Branch Acad. Sci., Apatite. M.F. Neltnerite* 1.739(calc),"y= 1.748,X = a...5;650, 17.65,18.65%. The mineral occurs at Tachgagalt,Morocco, in small grains, Yafsoanite* rarely in dipyramidal...56,27.38;PbO12.82,8.88;CaO 16.79,18.47;SiOz azawa mine, Gumma Prefecture, Japan. Mineralog. Journal excessO
Book
should be of specimens from localities within the region of that museum, or at least from the country concerned...Rhodochrosite Witherite Malachite Azurite Anglesite Apatite Barite Hureaulite Strengite Galena (ps. after Pyromorphite)...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
Book (edition)
(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...dolomite (milky internal reflections); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
K)12(Si,Al)1r from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram...from the Wilagedera iron ore body, North-Western Province, Ceylon, is related to the brittle micas, but...p. 186. Minute grains in calcite from the Aurora mine, Hamilton, Nevada, give X-ray powder data near that...identical with the original material from the Harstig mine, Pajsberg, Sweden, and a very similar mineral with...crystals with limonite and baryte from the Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Germany, contain Fe, As, and Ba, and
Journal (issue)
definitely the pale green crystals of carbonate apatite from Lavra do Sapo (Goiabera, Minas Gerais, Brazil)...are right. This is supposedly a new mineral with apatite structure but only phosphate and carbonate ions...- [ 10 l l] is common in apatite group minerals, but the carbonate apatite seems more 'flat' than that...unpublished 'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah in Southwest Namibia were offered...or tarbuttite. Skorpion Mine is expected to become the world's largest zinc mine, covering 15% of our zinc
Book (edition)
Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza...AgardJte-(Ce), CeCu.(AsO4)i(OH).-3H1O, hex., Clara mine, central Black Forest, Gennany,A1ifSS(2004),17-23...Ca)Cu6(AsO.)i(OH).-3H1O. hex., Bou-Skourcoppcr mine, Ouarzazatc. Morocco,SS, 1447 □ Mixite group AgrelUte,NaCa2Si4O10F...Agullarite,Ag.Ses, orth., compareCervellelte, San Carlos mine,Guanajuato.Mexico, CM 12, 365-369 E11cairite group
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
270. Natural fi-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagan6 mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...(Alkali-Chlor-Apatit). A name for an artificial member of the apatite group prepared by F. Zambonini (1923). Alkali-pyromorphite...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
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...9 cm - 9 x 12 cm ... $15.00 AgCI , Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill , New South Wales. 10 x 5 x 4 cm matrix...MALACHITE, . . . $120.00 AESCHYNITE-Y Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire. •82834 (a) Excellent green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rare manganese minerals from the Tachgagalt manganese mine, Morocco (Gaudefroy et al., 1969). The minerals...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 (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
Journal (issue)
important luminogen causing fluorescence of fluorite, apatite, and feldspars, are usually from 10-` to 10.' at%... cerussite (with sell-luminescence); diamond, apatite, barite, beryl (morganite), wollastonite, danburite...inclusions. СgophоtolиmiпеsceRе (77К). Liaonin Province, China. Specimen: Yana Baa. (right) Photoluminescence...calcite; crystal aggregates 15 cm in size. Vеrklinii Mine, Dabugorsk, Pпmorskii Krai, Russia. Specimen: V...crystal (about З т т across) with vacuoles. Liaonin Province, China, Specimen: Yana Bao. (left) Laser luminescence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
X-ray powder patterns very similar to those of apatite, and prove to be isotypic therewith. Space-group...remained unnoticed through eight years study of the mine. I-M.A. 81-1868; Bull. 105, 130.] Claraite. K. Walenta...turquoise-blue spherulitic aggregates at the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Schwarzwald. Pseudohexagonal, probably...Anhedral white grains up to 1 cm from the Colquiri tin mine, Bolivia, are trigonal, space group P~lc or P31c...M.M. 46, 257. Yellowish crusts from the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, are hexagonal, a 5.045
Book
K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...the light gypsum. 3 - calcite, 4 - fluorite, 5 - apatite, 6 - ortho- beam on the polished mineral surface...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The
Journal (issue)
articles Famous Mineral Localities: Bou-Azzer, Morocco.......................69 by Gerard Pallix Pete...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
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
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Calcite 8 Topaz 4 Fluorite 9 Corundum 5 Apatite 10 Diamond SPECIFIC GRAVITY This is the weight...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)...Other locations include Nikotawa (Russia), Hunan Province (China) and the Altai Mountains of Central Asia...Eldorado (Canada), Natsume (Japan), Bou Azzer (Morocco), Anarak (Iran) and La Rloja (Argentina). NiAs
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Calcite 8 Topaz 4 Fluorite 9 Corundum 5 Apatite 10 Diamond SPECIFIC GRAVITY This is the weight...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)...Other locations include Nikotawa (Russia), Hunan Province (China) and the Altai Mountains of Central Asia...Eldorado (Canada), Natsume (Japan), Bou Azzer (Morocco), Anarak (Iran) and La Rloja (Argentina). NiAs
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(top, right) vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center)...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...follows: 1 2 3 4 5 Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite 6 7 8 9 10 Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond...talc, (2) gypsum, (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase, (7) quartz, (8) topaz, (9) corundum
 
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