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Locality Name:
Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco


mindat Locality ID: 109219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Meknès
Toulal

Latitude: 33°32'10"N
Longitude: 5°48'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.536111111111,-5.8147222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteApophylliteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumEpidoteFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
PectolitePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentine
SphaleriteStanniteStibniteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Burtite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stokesite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Varlamoffite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wickmanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21856013419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51856011310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3285601,856031534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21856013092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1856019052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2185601260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)218560188
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18560111547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31856011935
Burtite  (*)PerovskiteCaSn4+(OH)6285601,856033
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)385601,85603,8560527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21856015171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218560127198
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)418560354
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)285601,85603498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61856014135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21856019895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1856018173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O185603303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21856019617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS285601,8560524243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31856011544
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1856011398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6185601741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318560114640
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2185603762
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)285601,8560340
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21856005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218560117380
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)285601,85603363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21856011898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2285601,8560339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81856019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2385601,85602,8560361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1856014894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1856016417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS285601,8560521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4185601668
Stokesite  (*)NoneCaSnSi3O9·2H2O285601,8560321
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1856014899
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2285601,8560356
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101856011395
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)6285601,8560324
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3285601,856031247



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