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Amethyst from
Sidi Rahal, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco


Locality type:Pachalik
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcedony5 photos of Amethyst associated with Chalcedony at this locality.
Iris Quartz1 photo of Amethyst associated with Iris Quartz at this locality.
Agate1 photo of Amethyst associated with Agate at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Amethyst associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sidi Rahal, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (24 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47816
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47816:8
GUID (UUID V4):f1fa90f3-fe56-4071-bb85-538ddc411c40
Localities for Amethyst in this Region
Sidi Rahal Quarries, Sidi Rahal, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
References
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Mineral Mysteries Quartz Perimorphs After ?? FROM MOROCCO Downloaded by [University Library Utrecht] at...or at least the past thirty years a locality in Morocco has been producing strange mineralogical objects...the Akasri quarry, near Tarazout Village, Sidi Rahal, Morocco. Yves Masson specimen and photo. Figure 2...(above). Local miner unearthing an amethyst geode at Sidi Rahal, Morocco. Mark Mauthner photo. John S. White...the Akasri quarry, near Tarazout Village, Sidi Rahal, Morocco; collected by Philippe Faure and in the Faure
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Collection of Jewels Digit Patterns in Opal Agate from Morocco Field Report on Oregon Sunstone Fall 2013 VOLUME... 148 pg. 143 Agates from Sidi Rahal, in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco: Gemological Characteristics...include gem materials such as turquoise, beryl, amethyst, corundum, and spinel. Courtesy of the Museum...and even some European sources such as Silesia (a region on the Oder River, mostly in modernday Poland)...opal at Wegel Tena, in the northeastern Wollo Province (Rondeau et al., 2009, 2010; Mazzero et al., 2009
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minerals Article Agates from Western Atlas (Morocco)—Constraints from Mineralogical and Microtextural...the vicinity of Asni and Agouim (Western Atlas, Morocco) were investigated using microscopic observations...found in Uruguay and Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul province). Less significant occurrences are found in nearly...nearly each country of the world [14]. Agates from Morocco, discovered in the 1940s, are considered quite...many places in the High Atlas Mts. (e.g., near Sidi Rahal, Asni, Agouim-Al Hama, and Tizi-n-Tichka) as
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OwnAgate Collecting around Kremmling Colorado Morocco - The Country, The People and...Agates By Holger...from the Mississippian Warsaw Formation. Keokuk region, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri. Sedimentary Petrology...Paragensemineralien in Rhyolithkugeln aus Rotliegendvulkaniten des Thüringer Waldes. Unpuplished PhD thesis, TU Bergakademie...and Götze (2007) Achate aus sächsischen Vulkaniten des Erzgebirgischen Beckens. Veröffentlichung Museum...360. des Calcitachates. Zenz, J. (2005) Agates. Bode-Verlag, Haltern. 16 19 Morocco, the places
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Dominika Skrepnicka Agates from Western Atlas (Morocco)—Constraints from Mineralogical and Microtextural...of the Zhanguohong Agate from Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China: A Combined Microscopic, X-ray Diffraction...and Opal-CT in Agates from Paleocene/Eocene Tuffs, El Picado (Cuba) Reprinted from: Minerals 2021, 11,...articles devoted to detailed studies of agates from Morocco [3], China [4], Russia [5–7], and Cuba [8]. This...Atlas Morocco) and compare their results with previous studies of nearby localities Sidi Rahal and Kerrouchen
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lapidary society AGM reports SMLS Visit to Morocco Part 2 SMLS Field trip to the North of England...SMLS Journal 245 Sept/Oct 2013 SMLS VISIT TO MOROCCO April 2013 Part 2: Geology, sites and minerals...the mines a short distance to the north: Aouli, Sidi Ayat and Mibladen. We then headed into the High...as we descended towards Marrakech we visited Sidi Rahal. · .·•· · :.:~.:~9·:.:-/:.•···{\~'):•'.::; l'I_...>- . .-:· ..- .,_·., 7 Fig. 1 Map of central Morocco (not to scale) Kerouchen After our convoy of jeeps
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Wit Rücken unten rechts: Azurit auf Malachit aus Sidi Bou'Beker. Sammlung: Dietrich Mayer, Foto: Paul...außerhalb der engen Grenzen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes ist ohne schriftliche Zustimmung des Verlags unzulässig...Hochgebirge "Nicht nur" Achat in Marokko ab S. 22 Sidi Rahat, Asni, Ait Ourir, Agouim Zaer-Za,ane I Kerrouchen...wunderschön. - und schließlich die Felsenwüsten-Region im Südwesten mit den berühmten Minen von Imiter...Medina und genießen Sie ein Abendessen auf dem Jamaa el Fna Platz. Von hier aus können Sie am nächsten Morgen
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sussex mineral & lapidary society SMLS Visit to Morocco SMLS Competition 2013 · Display at Haywards Heath...Peter Wates entered a 9.80ct rich purple Zambian amethyst (the only entry) The cut was a rectangular chequerboard...Earth, Fort William and one of erythrite from Morocco. Judith Woodbridge Class 9a Photograph, where main...centre-piece was a large, very attractive delicate quartz-amethyst flower from Brazil. Also notable was a flat, double...commercially operated collecting site) 2015: Return to Morocco. We are exploring different possibilities, such
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copper and copper oxides in agates of the Norilsk region (Russia). This dispersion of micro grains of copper...in agates from Sidi Rahal and Kerrouchen (Khénifra Province, Meknés-Tafilalet Region), in the Atlas mountains...mountains of Morocco [26,27]. Moroccan agates occur within Triassic basaltoids as lens-shaped specimens...found in the central part of agate nodules from Sidi Rahal and were accompanied by idiomorphic quartz [26]...nodules from Kerrouchen (Khénifra Province, Meknés-Tafilalet Region) in Morocco [27] were most likely deposited
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Courtesy M. Ihmadi (Ihmadi Trilobite Center, Alnif, Morocco) André Michard · Omar Saddiqi · Ahmed Chalouan...(Eds.) Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco Structure, Stratigraphy, and Tectonics of the ...Figures 13 Editors Prof. Dr. André Michard 10 rue des Jeûneurs 75002 Paris France andremichard@orange...Faculty of Sciences B.P. 5366 Maârif Casablanca Morocco o.saddiqi@fsac.ac ma Prof. Dr. Ahmed Chalouan...University avenue Ibn Batouta Rabat B.P. 1014 Morocco chalouan@fsr.ac.ma Prof. Dr. Dominique Frizon
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also known from the basalts of the Lake Superior region in the Warrawoona agate in Western Australia, was...also known from the basalts of the Lake Superior region inview the USA and Canada. A closer reveals that...agate from a trachyandesitic host‐rock of Xuanhua province, China); (e) hydrothermal from a trachyandesitic...trachyandesitic host-rock of Xuanhua (Hebei(Hebei province, China); (e) hydrothermal veinvein agate agate in metamorphic...Yangtze river near Nanjing (Jiangsu province, China); (Jiangsu province, China); Scale bar is 5 cm. Scale
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Devon Minerals Cleaning Minerals Minerals from Morocco Field trip to Plumpton Plain Geochemistry for Amateur...:,-"-,.. fl!).1\Vtt 35 R..e;:z·!'\ 'n ... (El 1!:'.JU-C 1!:0-21 ,, . . H'l143 ., .. . . ...SMLS Journal 243 May/June 2013 MINERALS FROM MOROCCO Jolyon Ralph -1 March 2013 Most mineral collectors...trips. The second such conference was held in Morocco in November 2012 and was the basis of Jolyon Ralph's...111;/, !j :+}{~;;~;:{~.\~lil;iil'.ii1 Map of Morocco The group travelled in a rough arc that encompassed
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in paleobasalts from Rudno in the Lesser Poland Province (Krawczynski, 1995). In our contribution, a detailed...rhombohedral calcite, and euhedral colourless quartz and amethyst crystals. 3.2. Analytical techniques Thirty representative...Carbonates (calcite and dolomite) found in the outer region of vein agates appear in two generations: (1) large...images obtained from quartz found in the outer region of vein agates show alternating CL-bright and CL-dark...mostly massive zebraic chalcedony found in the outer region of the agate veins. The origin of feathery microtexture
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the effect of heat treatment on the colour of amethyst [28]. This colour space has also been used in...Beihong agates from Xunke County, Heilongjiang Province, China, were selected for this study with colours...rapidly near the blue-green region and gradually stabilises near the yellow region. That is, Beihong agate...absorption band in the violet-blue region gradually widen to the green region, with the hue angle decreasing...Fe3+ ions, with weak absorption in the visible region, resulting in a nearly colourless colour. Figure
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Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco This is just a nice, reasonably intact...visit HA.com/5141 53010 HEMIMORPHITE Potosí Mine (El Potosí Mine), Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa...Washington, USA Named in the 1850’s for the Autun region of Burgundy in France, Autunite is a commonly found...NATIVE BISMUTH Carmine Mine, La Union, Los Andes Province, La Paz Dept., Bolivia Most people’s acquaintance...Jegdalek Ruby Deposit, Surobi District, Kabol Province, Afghanistan For over 700 years the deposit at
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