Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 2402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Malachite	Nadorite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Nadorite ()*	Phosgenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Malachite Nadorite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Nadorite ()*	Nadorite	PbSb³⁺O₂Cl	18
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050052	Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco	https://rruff.info/R050052

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