Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Azilal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 109230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azilal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Azilal
Douar Mghila Meteorite
Idikel Mn Deposit

Latitude: 32°19'59"N
Longitude: 6°17'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.333055555556,-6.2994444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Braunite	Calcite	Coronadite	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Crednerite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Calcite Coronadite Garnet None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	85343	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	85341,85343	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	85342	3902
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	1	85343	35
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	85342	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	85343	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85341	24243
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	85343	350
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	85343	243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	85341	1066
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	85343	172
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	85341	39462
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	85343	969
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	85341	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	85343	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	85341	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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