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Acanthite
Actinolite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Altaite
Alunite
'Amphibole Group'
Andalusite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Augite
Azurite
Baryte
Bassanite
'Bastnäsite'
Beryl
var: Emerald
β-Uranophane
Biotite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Brochantite
Burkeite
Calaverite
Calcite
'Calcite Group'
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerussite
Cervelleite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalconatronite (TL)
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore

'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cobaltite
Coffinite
Columbite
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Copper
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Curite
Daubréelite
Davyne
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Edenite
Epidote
Epsomite
Euxenite-(Y)
Fayalite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Garnierite'
Gaylussite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
Halite
Halotrichite
var: Masrite

Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite

Hessite
Hexahydrite
Hydrozincite
Iddingsite
Ilmenite
Iron
var: Kamacite

Ixiolite
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
Kasolite
'K Feldspar'
Krennerite
Langite
Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite
Lepidocrocite
'Libyan Desert Glass'
Limonite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Marcasite
Mckinstryite
Melonite
var: Palladian Melonite

Merenskyite
Miargyrite
Michenerite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
Mirabilite
Moissanite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Nagyágite
Nahcolite
Natron
Nickelphosphide
Nontronite
Northupite
'Olivine'
'var: Peridot'
Opal
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Pargasite
Pentlandite
'Perthite'
Petzite
Phlogopite
Pickeringite
Pirssonite
Polylithionite
Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Egyptian Jasper
var: Jasper
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
Sampleite
Schreibersite
Searlesite ?
'Serpentine Group'
Siderophyllite
Silver
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
Staurolite
Stibiotantalite
Sulphur
Sylvanite
Taenite
Talc
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
'Tektite'
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Thenardite
Thermonatrite
Thorianite
Thorite
var: Uranothorite
Thorogummite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Troilite
Trona
Turquoise
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uranpyrochlore
Valleriite
Vermiculite
Violarite
'Wad'
Wodginite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
Zoubekite


233 entries listed. 168 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

- Rushdi Said (1962): The geology of Egypt. Elsevier, 377 pp.
- Farouk El-Baz (1984): The geology of Egypt. xx pp.
- Rushdi Said (1990): The geology of Egypt. A. A. Balkema, xx pp.
- Klemm, D. & Klemm, R. (1993): Steine und Steinbrüche im Alten Ägpyten. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 465 pp. (in German)
- E. E. Tawadros (2001): Geology of Egypt and Libya. A. A. Balkema, 468 pp.
- Nagy Shawky Botros (2004): A new classification of the gold deposits of Egypt. Ore Geology Reviews 25, 1-37.
- Dietrich Klemm and Rosemarie Klemm (2008): Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, Part 13, 1685-1698.


External Links

- http://www.egsma.gov.eg/ [Link dead. Jan 2012] [Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority (EGSMA)]
- http://www.northafrica.de/egypt.htm
- http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/af/eg/p0005.htm [Mining in Egypt]

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