Tazouta, Sefrou Cercle, Sefrou Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco (original) (raw)

Tazouta, Sefrou Cercle, Sefrou Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Moroccoi

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

33° 40' 44'' North , 4° 37' 55'' West

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Diggings (Active) - last checked 2023

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:2399:6

9436effa-89ae-4911-8d59-aa744ce8c69e

Other/historical names associated with this locality:

Tagnaneit; Takaneit; "Tazouta mine"

Name(s) in local language(s):

(Tagnaneit;Takaneit)

Located near Sefrou. A famous locality for producing numerous groups of aragonite trillings. The locality was earlier referred to as Tagnaneit or Takaneit.

Note: "Tazouta mine" (as stated earlier in Mindat) is a misnomer; the aragonites are found in an open outcrop, which had never been mined (Peter Seroka).

Tazouta (Arabic: تازوطة) itself is a commune in Sefrou Province, Fès-Meknès, Morocco.

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2 valid minerals.

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