Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
M'Rirt, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 279301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "M'Rirt, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jbel Aouam (Djebel Aouam; Jebel Awam)

Latitude: 33°9'37"N
Longitude: 5°37'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.160277777778,-5.6294444444444

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molysite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85357	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	85357	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	85357	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	85357	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	85357	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85357	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	85357	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	85357	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	85357	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	85357	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	85357	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	85357	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	85357	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	85357	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	85357	14640
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	85357	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	85357	5800
Molysite ()*	None	FeCl₃	1	85357	12
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	85357	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	85357	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	85357	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	85357	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	85357	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	85357	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	85357	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	85357	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	85357	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	85357	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	85357	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	85357	3418
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	85357	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	85357	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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