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Pyromorphite from
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Olivenite1 photo of Pyromorphite associated with Olivenite at this locality.
Descloizite1 photo of Pyromorphite associated with Descloizite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:354696
Long-form Identifier:1:3:354696:3
GUID (UUID V4):59aee0e2-e185-47e5-94b6-7beeadff7207
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
117–146 Genesis of the Touissit-Bou Beker Mississippi Valley-Type District (Morocco-Algeria) and Its Relationship...Geology, Faculty of Sciences, B.P. 717, 60000 Oujda, Morocco 2 Geological 3 U.S. Survey of Canada, 601 Booth...Colorado 80225 4 Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P...Mississippi Valley-type deposits of the Touissit-Bou Beker district are hosted by a 25 m thick sequence of...Chaîne-des-Horsts” Atlasic belt of northeastern Morocco and adjacent northwestern Algeria is host to more
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minerals Article Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization...A.; et al. Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization...Sciences, University Mohammed I, Oujda 60000, Morocco; wissale.boukirou@gmail.com (W.B.); zaid.khdra@gmail... S) geochemistry, the world-class Touissit- Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Mississippi Valleytype districts...of mineable “calamine” ores in the Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar districts. Stable isotope compositions
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1455–1484 The Touissit-Bou Beker Mississippi Valley-Type District of Northeastern Morocco: Relationships...Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, 60000 Oujda, Morocco 2 Helmholtz-Zentrum 3 Departamento Potsdam-Deutsches...Abstract The Touissit-Bou Beker Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) district of northeastern Morocco includes five...Pb-Zn-Ag deposits that produced, over a century of mining, more than 70 Mt of ore at an average grade of...medium- to coarse-grained dolostones. Throughout the district and surrounding prospects, sulfur isotope compositions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Pb,(VO,),CI] , red and orange to brown; and pyromorphite [Pb,(PO,),Cl], green. Arsenic, vanadium, and...deposits still produce from underground workings. The district is close to the common boundary of Austria, Italy...Loudville, Massachusetts During the course of lead mining on the East Coast in the 1700s and 1800s, wulfenite...apparent order of deposition, anglesite, cerussite, pyromorphite, and wulfenite. All are crystallized, commonly...order of deposition, are anglesite, cerussite, pyromorphite, and wulfenite. Smith quotes Benjamin Silliman
Journal (issue)
Dietrich and R. Bode 323 Vanadinite from Touissit, Morocco, and comments on endlichite by J. S. White...Roman, C/z£vei/i deposits of jf v l t h e Ems district in West Germany have yielded over 50 mineral species...one which has made Bad Ems world-famous, is pyromorphite. INTRODUCTION The town of Ems has been well...The ore-carrying system which comprises the Ems district is known as the Ems-Braubach belt. It consists...areas and 21 shafts have been developed in the Ems district. The most important of these are the Silberkaute
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stratabound F-Ba-(Pb-Zn) ores of Hammam Zriba (Province of Zaghouan, NE Tunisia) Nejib Jemmali a,∗ , Emmanuel...2017 Accepted 5 July 2017 Keywords: Hammam Zriba Province of Zaghouan Fluorite-barite Stratabound mineralization...The Hammam Zriba F-Ba-(Zn-Pb) ore deposit in the Province of Zaghouan in north-eastern Tunisia is hosted...stratabound F-Ba-(Pb-Zn) ores of Hammam Zriba (Province of Zaghouan, NE Tunisia). Chemie Erde - Geochemistry...1997, 2010, 2013; Jemmali et al., 2011a). The province of Zaghouan is one of the most important fluorite-producing
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(only one known) for The Red Cloud Gold & Silver Mining Company (1880) Mark Hay collection Introduction...Steve Mas]ansky Dale Armstrong Bill Besse Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum Paul & Barbara Matt Lauren...Arizona mineral occurrences. Blake is best known as a mining geologist, both in the U.S. and overseas; he published...geologist, journal editor and proprietor, mining engineer and mining consultant, educator and administrator...where ores from the various mines of tbe Silver District were treated. The now-famous Red Cloud rnine was
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various colonies as well, specifically to aid the mining community in exploiting much needed natural resources:...Australia (1896). To provide training in mining and metallurgy, Mining Schools were opened at Ballarat and...mineral collections, some of them built by miners and mining officials. In the 1840s the copper deposits at...famous crocoite deposits near Dundas. All of this mining activity throughout the country yielded a bonanza...Wallaroo as well as excel- lent specimens from early mining at Broken Hill and precious opals from South Australian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotope study of galena in the Upper-Moulouya District (Morocco) Received: 5 March 1997 / Accepted: 22 September...September 1997 Abstract The Upper Moulouya district displays three main types of lead ores in the Hercynian...Terre, Faculte des Sciences, Rabat, Morocco Introduction Morocco has been the most important lead producer...the Hercynian chain (Fig. 1), the Upper Moulouya district is an exceptional area in which to study the relationship...contains one of the largest concentrations of lead in Morocco, with a total output of more than one million metric
Book (volume)
the opening of our gallery in the Chelsea Art District of NYC. Presenting fine minerals among the world’s...Amethyst (scepter) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia, 60 (on Quartz) Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes... Georgia, 2-3 Anglesite Touissit Dist., Jerada Prov., Oriental Reg., Morocco, 48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite)...Euclase (on Dolomite) Gachala, Guavio-Guateque Mining Dist., Boyaca Dept., Colombia, 48-49 Fluorite (and...Shattuckite), Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene region, Namibia, 45 Microlite (on Lepidolite) Paprok,
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Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection; Pyromorphite-Carol & Karl Waming collection, page 276; Elbaite-Daniel...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...cutting coarse-grained reddish granites of the hilly region thereabouts, known geologically as the Llano Uplift...are similar to those found in Sicily. Sadly, the mining method does not allow the preservation of specimens
Catalog/List
Avenue, 17th Floor • Dallas, Texas 75219 Design District Annex • 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, Texas 75207...2008 Heritage Auctions, Inc. Heritage Design District Annex 15404 Natural History Specialist Steve...Santa Maria do Jetiba, Espirito Santo, Southeast Region, Brazil Smokey scepter Quartz with extreme development...QUARTZ ON QUARTZ Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Double-terminated, water clear Quartz crystal...JAPAN-LAW TWIN Pentadora, Capilla District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru Over
Journal (issue)
Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection; Jordan Root...cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo
Journal (issue)
·stan. Ex Steve aJe collection. Joe Budd photo. Pyromorphite, 9 cm, Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China...Joe Budd photo. Pyromorphite, 12 cm, Daoping mine, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Joe Budd...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...Apophyllite on stilbite, 9.5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz...quartz, 10 cm, Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China. Joe Budd photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cerussite, 4.3 cm high, from shaft IX, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco; mined ca. 1995. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...right). Silver, 12 cm high, from Imiter, AntiAtlas, Morocco; mined ca. 1990. Jordi Deusedes photo. Figure 5...mimetite, 6 cm high, from Taouz, Er Rachidia, Morocco; mined 2003. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 8 (right)...Azurite, 4.6 cm high, from Kerrouchen, Khénifra, Morocco; mined 2007. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 10 (left)...with malachite, 9 cm wide, from shaft IX, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco; mined 1999. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Panasqueira mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal. was, without doubt, one of the greatest... West Cumberland iron field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England. Figure 5 (above)...Panasqueira mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal. Downloaded by [University of Birmingham]...Samson mine, Saint Andreasberg, Saint Andreasberg district, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany. Figure...Mibladen, Morocco. Figure 7 (below). Azurite, 33 × 17 × 11 cm, Touissit, Touissit district, Oujda-Angad
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 14:31 16 April 2015 MIBLADEN, MOROCCO THERE IS ONLY a small number of relatively common...the c-axis are relatively common and resemble pyromorphite, with which vanadinite is isostructural. Parallel...at least a partial solid-solution series with pyromorphite and mimetite. Small amounts of Ca, Zn, and Cu...Mountain districts, Dona Ana County; the Georgetown district, Grant County; and the Caballo Mountains, Hermosa...localities in California, including the Randsburg district, Kern County; Camp Signal and Moore Station, San
Catalog/List
years the location was rediscovered. Mogok Sagaing District Burma £ 18 GRAPHIC AMAZONITE, this is graphic...with less coverage of nepheline £ 18 Sidi Ayed Morocco I 0. SKUTTERUDITE lustrous metallic grey crystals...all over the top of a large I x2 surface. Bou Azzer Morocco £ 18 11. ROSELITE excellent coverage of small...small pink crystals on large half inch matrix Bou Azzer Morocco £7.50 12. NATIVE GOLD good 7x5 mm area on...single white crystal about 7mm Zhatolist, Kurdzholi region Bulgaria £20 £6 ~ 15. MICROLITE excellent solid
Catalog/List
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springs is in the heart of the Colorado gold mining region, it is not surprising that Keith wandered around...from the Barra de Salinas mine, Aracuai-Itinga district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Although the owner did...unique, and new ones can only be obtained through mining. The key to trading for specimens is to view as...5: Beryl (1,471 carats), Marambaia-Tres Barras region, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Crystal is 3V4 inches tall...across. Kenneth Croft photo. 3 .f Figure 8: Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Idaho. Specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Technological University] at 01:12 30 May 2016 Touissit Mine, Oujda, Morocco This unusual specimen consists of gemmy...was found in June 1988 at shaft 9, Touissit mine, Oujda, Morocco, and purchased there by Victor Yount...found at numerous localities, very few of today’s mining districts are consistent producers of fine anglesite...have been available from the mines near Oujda, Morocco, and one such specimen is the object of this issue’s...secondary minerals, notably cerussite. mimetite. pyromorphite, sulfur, lanarkite, leadhillite, linarite, wulfenite
Catalog/List
Xikuangshan Antimony Mine, Shaoyang County, Hunan Province, China. Single matrix-free striated sub-metallic...miniature. 35x 25x25mm. £1 4 8 7) AZURITE, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco. Pure aggregate of twinned monoclinic...size.75x50x45mm.£815 10) VANADINITE, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco. At tractive drus e of large twinned bright...matrix l 00x70x65mm.£ 175 11) VANADINilTE, Touissit, Oujda, Morocco. Crystal group of red/orange hexagonal...90x70x50mm.£290 13) SCHEELITE and QUARTZ, Shenzu, Hunan Province, China. Two particularly fine scheelite octahedra
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nuristan, Laghman hattan, Nevada (9.5 cm). Province, Afghanistan (5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet...Territory, Australia (4 cm). Figure 27: Green pyromorphite crystals, Roughten Gill, Cum- berland, England...Schlaggenwald, Bohemia (8 cm). Figure 34: Lime green pyromorphite crystals, Wheal Alfred, Cornwall, England (5...erythrite, Figure 48: Dark brownish green pyromorphite crystals, Mine Tunaberg, Sweden (6.5 cm). ...Figure 52: Dark blue azurite crystal, Touissit mine, Ougea, Morocco (4 cm), Figure 53: Yellow and tan weloganite
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prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries...the estate. Many early minerals collected in the region about Spokane, Washington, are represented in the...company of 15 women to exploit it. The Alaska Garnet Mining and Manufacturing Company was the first all-woman...had first been located in 1881, but little actual mining had been done; it had become a favorite spot where
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collection originated from deposits developed by mining enterprises of the Nerchinsk territory, whose administrative...to Nerchinskii Zavod. Nerchinskii Zavod started mining and smelting base-metal ores in 1704 to produce...Transbaikalia (label says "AdunChilon, Nerchinsky district; Siberia"), Russia. GMKFU #5753. 26. Beryl (emerald)...not only from the Museum at the St. Petergsburg Mining Institute, at which such specimens are housed until...(Laksmanovskoe) deposit (Akhtaragda), Mirninsky region, Western Yakutia, Russia. GMKFU # 12163. 33. Andradite
 
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