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Chalcocite from
Aouli, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aouli, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:605084
Long-form Identifier:1:3:605084:9
GUID (UUID V4):5c37d5ad-0808-40cc-9587-d37b659105e0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
9.6km (5.9 miles) Sidi Ayed (Sidi Ayad), Boulemane Caïdat, Boulemane Cercle, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
study of galena in the Upper-Moulouya District (Morocco) Received: 5 March 1997 / Accepted: 22 September...types of lead ores in the Hercynian domain: (1) Aouli vein-type deposits hosted in the Hercynian basement...Lead and sulfur isotope studies indicate that the Aouli vein-type and ZeõÈ da sandstone-hosted stratabound...of two ¯uids, one formed by the leaching of the Aouli granite massif, and the other by leaching of the...Terre, Faculte des Sciences, Rabat, Morocco Introduction Morocco has been the most important lead producer
Journal (issue)
.................... 211 by Richard V. Gaines Morocco M ineralogy......................................that the first exploration of the Lake Superior region was undertaken by the United States Government...emeralds have come from Colombia, where in a large region of the state of Boyaca there are a score or more...Mineralogical Record, September— October, 1976 231 moRocco m iD g r q by Anne Voileau Editor: Le Monde et...Avenue de la Porte de Villiers 75017 Paris, France MOROCCO-AUGUST 1974 FOUR WEEK VISIT This itinerary was
Journal (issue)
Devon Minerals Cleaning Minerals Minerals from Morocco Field trip to Plumpton Plain Geochemistry for Amateur...Sulphides XS, X 2S, XS 2 e.g. ZnS (sphalerite), Cu2S (chalcocite}, FeS2 (pyrite). and even native elements X,...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
Catalog/List
wiry micro crystals in and on Dolerite. (Imiter Morocco) half x half ins £3.50 338 NATIVE TELLURIUM clearly...Rich green crystalline mass in matrix.(Toussit Morocco) Ixlins Sop lx2ins £1.50 2x2ins £3 2x3ins £5 416...cavities in matrix. (Laurium Greece) H x » £3.50 516 CHALCOCITE black micro crystals on matrix. (Geevor Mine...Norway) 1x2 £1 lxl ins 50p NEPHELINE micros. (Midelt Morocco) lxl £5 1x2 £9 164 BERYL Be Al SiO 01O ALMANDINE...Matrix. (Vispi Quarry, near San Venanzo Terni Province, Umbria, Italy) 1/2 x l/2ins £5 5 056 CHABAZITE
Book
of Earth Sciences Mohammed Ist University Oujda Morocco ISSN 2365-0559 Mineral Resource Reviews ISBN 978-3-319-31731-1...data on diverse types of metallic deposits in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Egypt, Sudan...the setting and origin of major deposits in the region, together with information on tonnages and grades...lead-zinc-silver deposits of the Tighza district of Morocco, proposing links to granite-related porphyry and...Zgounder epithermal silver-mercury deposit of Morocco, providing evidence for a genetic tie to Neoproterozoic
Journal (issue)
mine, Ruoqiang County, Bayinguoling Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, China. Ken Donn photo. Azurite “rose...Scovil photo. Prehnite, 13 cm, from Sandare, Kayes Region, Mali. Jeff Scovil photo. 10 Supplement to The...on chrysocolla, 13 cm, from Inca de Oro, Atacama region, Chile. Jeff Scovil photo. Smithsonite, 17 cm...Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco. Jeff Scovil photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical...calcite, 13 cm, from the Baisha copper mine, Hubei Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. (left) Goethite (“turgite”)
Journal (issue)
from the Santa Elena River district, Bolivar Province, Venezuela. Ex Hubert de Monmonier collection...shaft 55, Dzhezkazgan mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan. Date Armstrong photo. Sphalerite...the Maton garnet mine, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China. Dale Armstrong photo. Gold, 4.5 cm, from...Jardinera no. 1 mine, Inca de Oro, Chaiiaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. Dale Armstrong photo. Mimetite...descloizite, 7 cm, from the Chah Milleh mine, Esfahan Province, Iran. Dale Armstrong Photo. Malachite pseudomorph
Catalog/List
wiry micro crystals in and on Dolerite. (Imiter Morocco) half x half ins £3.50 407 TADZHIKITE Ce Ca (Ce...closed some years ago. 1x1 80p 1x2 £2.00 516 CHALCOCITE black micro crystals on matrix. (Geevor Mine...mm on matrix. Some with NEPHELINE micros. (Midelt Morocco) 1x1.5 £6 1x2 £10 010 ALMANDINE Fe Al Silicate...Matrix. (Vispi Quarry, near San Venanzo Terni Province, Umbria, Italy) 1/2 x l/2ins £5 • I C R.Y...have grown on calcite. (Ircud near Marrakesh, Morocco) 2xl.5ins £6 2x3ins £10 S T 0 C K l 002 AEGIRINE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Base Metal Deposits from the Eastern High Atlas, Morocco P. Rajlich Institute of Geology and Geotechnics...Palaezoic basement in the Eastern High Atlas, Morocco. The carbon isotope data from host carbonates range...processes are responsible for Tertiary metallogeny in Morocco. Des min&ralisations epig&n6tiques ~ plomb-zinc...orogenic zone of the Eastern High Atlas in SE Morocco. The most frequent types of mineralization are...Zelmou is considered to be the biggest one in Morocco (Caia and Huvelin, 1980). Galena represents an
Catalog/List
Cornwall pages 8 S 3 : ALLOPHANE, ARTHURITE, pure CHALCOCITE CHILDRENITE CHALCOALUMITE TETRAHEDERITE. GALENA...minor Fluorite (Hsinghua Ridge,Linwu Co. Hunan Province,China) Ixlins £6 226 LOPARITE Ce Na Ca Ti Nb 0...Wheal Jane, Cornwall) 54x56 £2 1x1 £4 1x2 £8 516 CHALCOCITE black micro crystals on matrix. (Geevor Mine...Rich green crystalline mass in matrix.(Toussit Morocco) Ixlins 9op lx2ins £1.50 2x2ins £3 2x3ins £5 353...rock (West Caradon Mine,Cornwall) » x H £4 510 CHALCOCITE copper sulwldt Pure dark grey masses (Levant
Report (issue)
Asturias, Spain (page 38); and Seilles, Namur province, Belgium. In all three, the daylight color of...coarse­ grained purple fluorite from Seil/es, Namur province, Belgium. The vertical "step " at about 460 nm...fluorite crystals found in Germany's Black Forest region. The locality is known as Teufelsgrund im Muldental...West Penwith, a mine best known for world-class chalcocite Upper: This 6.2 cm wide twinned crystal from...tons of ore annually from the deposits in the province of Asturias alone. Over the years, several of
Book
without a glance on geological formation of the region where it occurs, which should precede detailed...pyrite, secondary copper sulphides (bornite and chalcocite), very rare bismuth, bismutite and silver iodide...study limestone sedimentation conditions in the region. Specimens of native copper from the Kew naw Peninsula...Górniczy „Rudna''. 70x70x30 mm. Bornite Cu,feS, and chalcocite Cl½Sin black copper-bearing shale. "Rudna" Mine...interesting for collectors, especially chalcopyrite, chalcocite, bornite, and covellite. Brown and almost white
Journal (issue)
or paperback book, and “ Ems” is, of course, a region in Germany). Three issues have appeared thus far...allowing percolation of surface water, which in this region of high rainfall creates an environment favorable...near the far eastern border with Afghanistan. The region is completely desert with very moderate relief...the mine workings. DESCRIPTION OF THE MINERALIZED REGION The mineralized formations near Darmian, Qolleha...subhorizontal, a characteristic that distinguishes this region from those in other parts of eastern Iran where
Book
Dealing Debut at Leicester 69 1982 - Magical Morocco 85 1983 - Life Without Dick 113 1984 - Foreign...Foreign Forays - Belgium, France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign...£24. Dick had recently acquired some very nice chalcocite from Geevor Mine and so I selected a nice example...picked up several specimens for my collection - a chalcocite from Geevor mine for £15, a Levant mine paratacamite...few specimens for my collection - a nice single chalcocite crystal from Geevor Mine for £25, a Levant Mine
Book
Lebanon 29 31 8 Libya 32 35 9 10 Mauritania Morocco 11 12 Saudi Arabia Somalia 13. Sudan 9 36...Emirate Republic Kuwait Beirut Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman* Republic Republic Kingdom Sultanate Tarablus..._ 2 i = 1,062 Sulphur 1 = - Mauritania Morocco Total % of world total Zinc metal 2.397 1.4...(14% * 3 5 3 3 1e) —— Sb) = Mauritania Morocco . E = eo) 150 (40°% Sudan 5 = E = < Country...1.91 Antimony concentrate is also produced by Morocco with a minor amount from Algeria. These countries
Catalog/List
.0 sphercshapedpicce,lhesurfacecovercd Safrou,Morocco withpseudo hexa onalc tals lxl (1.60 MAGNESIO....584 96 518 533 519 97 31 107 565 93 CHALCOCITE CuS CHALCOCITE - CuS CIIALCONA TRONITE NaCu C0/3 CHALCOPHYLLITE...OoldMine, lawrmceCoun South Puresllwsy 111111 BouADa Morocco lxl .t4 lx2 f:6 2x2 !10 rim ,.no. .. pey 111111M...thin2x3inchmalrixwith minorgreen malachite.(Aouli. Morocco)E:1.50 14. BARITEa nicesmalldisplaypiece,at
Book
15 mm (1 9h2 in) come from Konder in Khabarovsk Region, small crystals, but mainly nuggets, weighing up...aggregates are found in Sri Lanka (Radegara, Galle region). Accumulations in Buckingham and Grenville, Quebec...important Cu ore. Djurleite Cu31S16 MONOCLINIC Chalcocite Cu2S MONOCLINIC •••• Properties: C - lead-gray...(3/s in) across known from the Botallack mine Chalcocite, 17 mm x, Cornwall, UK near St. Just, Cornwall...across \.\'ere found recently together wi th chalcocite in Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Massive aggregates
Book (edition)
g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite). elastic Optical co11sta11ts ill reflected light...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
Book
to 15 mm ("/» in) come from Konder in Khabarovsk Region, small crystals, but mainly nuggets, weighing up...aggregates are found in Sri Lanka (Radegara, Galle region). Accumulations in Buckingham and Grenvillc, Quebec...ore. Djurleite Cu 31sl6 MONOCLINIC • • • Chalcocite Cu 2 S MONOCLINIC • • • • Properties: C...sedimentary, in skarns and pegmatites together with chalcocite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, quartz and other minerals...in) across were found recently together with chalcocite in Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Massive aggregates
Book
localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during...specimens were brought to the 2003 Tucson show. MOROCCO Imilchil area. Outcrops of episyenite and of contact-metamorphic
Book
fine-grained mass. The rock illustrated is from a region near Oslo, Norway. Samples of it were brought to...first described) or after a landscape, county, or region in which the type locality was situated. Aragonite...Freiberg in Saxony, Germany, and the Comstock Chalcocite, Cu,S Crystallography. Monoclinic 2/m; crystals...Figure 127. Chalcocite: {001}, {021}, and {113}. 95 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS Figure 128. Chalcocite from Flambeau...density about 5.7. Colour other places in the USA. Chalcocite is also found as a primary mineral in hydrothermal
Journal (issue)
other intrusions in the M onteregian alkaline rock province, is a recently discovered, prolific locality fo...other intrusions of the Monteregian alkaline rock province (stippled areas) in Q uebec. Inset: Location o...Monteregian alkaline rock province of Lower Cretaceous age (Adams, 1903). The province includes ten main plutons...ountains, Russia (Bpggild, 1913) and Gjerdingen, Oslo Region, Norway (Raade and Haug, 1980). The drusy crusts...M onteregian Hills— a Canadian petrographical province. Journal o f Geology, 11, 239-282. ALBERTI, A
Book (edition)
Brittle Gold, silver, copper Chlorargylite, chalcocite Tale Mica Characteristic of most minerals...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...here copper is associated with native silver, chalcocite, bornite, epidote, zeolites, and calcite, and...observed after cuprite, aragonite, calcite, azurite, chalcocite, and antlerite. BM DI:99, R:308, P&J:138, ABI:108...nm); weakly anisotropic. Bolshoi Anyui R.., Kolyma region, Russia, in gold-bearing alluvium. sm MZ 11(4):88(1989)
Book (edition)
nuts of the palm Guilielma garipaes of the same region. Buri oil is from the nuts of the palm Diplothemium...Lophophora williamsii, growing wild in the desert region of Mexico. The buttonlike tops of the root, called...yatay palm, Diplothemium littorale, of Corrientes Province, Argentina. Horsehair, from the manes and tails...scale in Argentina for export and in Turkey and Morocco for human food and for export. In international...of the palm tree Copernicia cerifera of the arid region of northeastern Brazil, sometimes referred to as
 
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