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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase 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:420948
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420948:5
GUID (UUID V4):518bbdac-a10e-403f-ac48-afe44317453e
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
85.3km (53.0 miles) Zgounder Mine, Jebel Siroua, Askaouen Caïdat, Taliouine Cercle, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
References
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glaucophane, orthoclase, quartz, calcite. Distribution: Many localities. In the Praborna mine, south of...and Lº angban, VÄa rmland. At Tachgagalt, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. In the USA, at Garnet Lake and...and in the Agnew Meadow mine, Madera Co., and in the Braito mine, Plumas Co., California; in the Tucson...Tucson Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona; at the Idarado mine, Ouray Co., Colorado; in Yuba Canyon, Peavine Mountain...In the Wessels mine, near Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa. At the Kajlidongri mine, Jhabua district
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
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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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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... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/Oberthür); PPL D Fine-grained
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(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
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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...vacuoles and mineral inclusions (10'). Liaonin Province, China. Specimen: Boo Yana. (left) Luminescence...Liaonin Province, Northeastern China (samples of these crystals from kimberlites of this region were kindly
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TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS r Houston-Se.9-11 Bisbee - Oct. 9-12 Detroit - Oct...T°LOSANct ,Ccmine, Phoenixville, Pa. Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday......... 350 by Alice Blount and Will Shulman Orthoclase from West Maroon Pass, Colorado................rhodochrosite, “W olf” mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, brown pyromorphite, “Friedrichssegen” mine, Bad Ems; brilliant...manganite, Ilfeld, Sax­ ony; stephanite, “Himmelsfurst” mine, Freiberg, Saxony; proustite, Niederschlema near
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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 (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
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...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...The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, and Maniema
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glass. Number 1 Mineral Ta lc Number 6 Mineral Orthoclase 2 Gypsum 7 Quartz 3 Calcite 8 Topaz ...(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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Number Mineral Ta lc Number 1 6 Mineral Orthoclase 2 Gypsum 7 Quartz 3 Calcite 8 Topaz ...(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
Journal (issue)
Jahrzehnte in Bolivien verbrachte. In der Tsumeb Mine enthielten neue Funde im North-East stope der 35...von Bou Azzer und des Manganerzvorkommens von Tachgagalt ') bildete. Als besonders lohnend erwies sich...Uranmineral ähnelte, erwies sich als Mimetesit. Die von Tachgagalt bekannt gewordenen Seltenheiten der Manganparagenese...Stahl u. Eisen, 74, 76-82. VOILEAU, A . (1976): Morocco mineralogy. Miner. Record, 7, 232-239. 450 Bücherschau...(1964): Synthetic hydrothermal cocrystallization of orthoclase and quartz. Investigations in the system K 20-Al
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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(
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specim ens, and note that t hese may vary from region to region, and from country to country. Useful information...they are left as distinct sand grains, while orthoclase feldspar breaks down into clay and plagioclase...out of the water first. , .2.t'l UNDERSTAN DING MINE RALS HOVV MINERALS FORM Minerals are the natural...symmetry. E.g . selenite gypsum (shown), mica, orthoclase, manganite, hornblende, borax, azurite, orpiment... like a faceted column e.g. beryl (left) and orthoclase feldspar. Pyramid Like a pyramid, with 3 to 16
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...examples for werdh, to grow? Gk. orthos, straight orthoclase, forth mineral names and other words are: yes
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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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cm1 is called the fingerprint region. Usually IR spectrum in this region contains very complicated series...overlapping bands. The importance of the fingerprint region is that each mineral species produces a different...500 to 800 cm1 can be considered as “fingerprint region” sensitive to the composition and the topological...see Fig. 1.9), but generally IR spectrum in this region is characteristic of all these minerals. In IR...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates
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Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets
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Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded
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specimens, and note that these may vary from region to region, and from country to country. Useful information...from blocks that didn't drop. The Basin and Range Province of the south-west USA (right) formed in this way...of molten include southern Africa’s Karoo and Province erupted less than three magma which burns through...they are left as distinct sand grains, while orthoclase feldspar breaks down into clay and plagioclase...England's Peak District is one of several tors in this region. They are made of the tough sandstone and shale
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CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram...crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition (Yt,CaH)Cu6(As04)3(0H)6... Zeits. Min. Geol. Stuttgart, vol. i, p. 78. Orthoclase-felspar with a fine blue reflection forming a...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...skarns in the Solvech fluorite deposit. Karagandin region. Kazakhstan, have a 12-87, c 14-97 A, and a composition
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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 ©...Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite 6 7 8 9 10 Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond In a few descriptions... (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase, (7) quartz, (8) topaz, (9) corundum, (10) diamond
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(top. 1ight) vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center)...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Gypsum 3 Calcite 4 Fluorite 5 Apatite 6 7 8 9 10 Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond In a few descriptions... (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase, (7) quartz, (8) topaz, (9) corundum, (10) diamond...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
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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
 
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