Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Angarf-South Pegmatite, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2046
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2028

mindat Locality ID: 31941
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31941.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Angarf-South Pegmatite, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet 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.

Alluaudite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arrojadite	Arseniosiderite	Beraunite	Beryl	Calcioferrite	Calcite
Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Dufrénite	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Hureaulite	Jahnsite
Laueite	Lazulite	Lipscombite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Starkeyite	Tourmaline	Wicksite

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 B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arrojadite Arseniosiderite Beraunite Beryl Calcioferrite Calcite
Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Dufrénite Fairfieldite Feldspar Gypsum Hureaulite Jahnsite
Laueite Lazulite Lipscombite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphosiderite Pyrite
Quartz Rockbridgeite Starkeyite Tourmaline Wicksite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Angarfite ()*	Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Barbosalite ()*	Bederite ()*	Beraunite ()*
Beryl ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Collinsite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*
Ferroalluaudite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gordonite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Heterosite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) ()*	Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) ()*
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg) ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kidwellite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Lipscombite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mélonjosephite ()*	Messelite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*
Montgomeryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Robertsite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Sampleite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorzalite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tavorite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Angarfite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaFe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₄·4H₂O	2046	2028	1
Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Arrojadite	(KNa)Fe²⁺(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	2046	2028	50
Barbosalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2046	2028	43
Bederite ()*	Wicksite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₆·2H₂O	2046	2028	2
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	2046	2028	136
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2046	2028	4286
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	2046	2028	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2046	2028	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2046	2028	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2046	2028	203
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	2046	2028	38
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2046	2028	2970
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	2046	2028	139
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2046	2028	520
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	2046	2028	108
Ferroalluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	2046	2028	11
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2046	2028	2740
Gordonite ()*	Laueite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	2046	2028	18
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2046	2028	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2046	2028	14640
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	2046	2028	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	2046	2028	125
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2046	2028	65
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) ()*	Jahnsite	CaMn²⁺Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	2046	2028	27
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) ()*	Jahnsite	Mn²⁺Mn²⁺Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	2046	2028	6
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg) ()*	Jahnsite	NaFe³⁺Mg₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	2046	2028	3
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2046	2028	2228
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	2046	2028	53
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	2046	2028	234
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2046	2028	47
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2046	2028	12537
Mélonjosephite ()*	None	CaFe²⁺Fe³⁺(PO₄)₂(OH)	2046	2028	6
Messelite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	2046	2028	43
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2046	2028	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	2046	2028	129
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	2046	2028	44
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2046	2028	17380
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	2046	2028	46
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2046	2028	182
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2046	2028	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2046	2028	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2046	2028	61156
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	2046	2028	36
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	2046	2028	206
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	2046	2028	293
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	2046	2028	40
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2046	2028	2705
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2046	2028	60
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2046	2028	263
Tavorite ()*	None	LiFe³⁺(PO₄)(OH)	2046	2028	35
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2046	2028	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	2046	2028	313
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	2046	2028	104

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002511	2046	2028	2037±9				zircon			Yes	Zircon			127028	Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Tazenakht	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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