Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Hammam (El Hamman), Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 221223
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221223.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Hammam (El Hamman), Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
El Hammam Mine (El Hamman Mine)
Undisclosed Axinite Occurrence
Wadi Beht (Ouedi Beht; Beht River)

Latitude: 33°32'12"N
Longitude: 5°48'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.536666666667,-5.8152777777778

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pectolite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 ()*

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: Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Löllingite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Pectolite Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine
Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	85601	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	85601	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	85601,85603	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	85601	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	85601	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	85601	260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	85601	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	85601	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	85601	1935
Burtite ()*	Perovskite	CaSn⁴⁺(OH)₆	2	85601,85603	3
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	85601,85603	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	85601	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	85601	27198
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	85603	54
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	85601,85603	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	85601	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	85601	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	85601	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	85603	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	85601	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85601	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	85601	1544
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	85601	1398
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	85601	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	85601	14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	85603	762
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)	2	85601,85603	40
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	85601	17380
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	85601,85603	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	85601	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	85601,85603	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	85601	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	85601,85602,85603	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	85601	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	85601	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	85601	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	85601	668
Stokesite ()*	None	CaSnSi₃O₉·2H₂O	2	85601,85603	21
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	85601	4899
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	2	85601,85603	56
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	85601	1395
Wickmanite ()*	Perovskite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	2	85601,85603	24
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	85601,85603	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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