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Albite from
Wadi Kid, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Wadi
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wadi Kid, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1591206
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1591206:4
GUID (UUID V4):6e29cdb5-2a35-4df7-9a4e-1c7f5eee0333
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘTarr Complex, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘWadi Tarr, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Geothermobarometric evidence for a metamorphic core complex in Sinai, Egypt P. Brooijmans a,∗ , B. Blasband a , S.H. White...metamorphic core-complex model for the Wadi Kid area, south Sinai, Egypt. This core complex was formed in an...crucial. Therefore, the metamorphic rocks of the Wadi Kid area were the subject of a detailed metamorphic...during M2 show that the lower crustal rocks in the Wadi Kid area were subjected to upper greenschist to upper...rights reserved. Keywords: Arabian-Nubian Shield; Wadi Kid area; Geothermobarometry; Late Proterozoic; Metamorphic
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and volcanic phases of the Wadi Tarr Albitite complex, southern Sinai, Egypt Mokhles K. Azer, Hisham A...and volcanic phases of the Wadi Tarr Albitite complex, southern Sinai, Egypt. Lithos (2018), https://doi...and volcanic phases of the Wadi Tarr Albitite Complex, southern Sinai, Egypt Mokhles K. Azer1*, Hisham...Sciences Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt 2 Department of Geology and Geophysics, King Saud...Geology Department, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt 4 Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences
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the Tarr carbonatite–albitite complex, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Ahmad Boskabadi a,∗ , Iain K. Pitcairn...Cairo, Egypt d Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt e CEMPEG...Arabian-Nubian Shield Carbonatite Fennitization Wadi Tarr Albitite Zr-in-rutile thermometry a b s t...Tarr carbonatite albitite complex (TCA) in SE Sinai, Egypt contains a series of small (<1.2 km2 ) albitite...Tarr carbonatite albitite complex (TCA) in SE Sinai, Egypt is the only carbonatite in ANS occurring with
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TECTONICS OF A PAN-AFRICAN TERRAIN IN SOUTHEASTERN SINAI A.P.S. REYMER Institute o f Earth Sciences, The...southeastern Sinai. Precambrian Res., 19 : 225--238. The Precambrian crystalline basement of Sinai represents...metamorphic and tectonic history of the Wadi Kid area, southeastern Sinai, is presented. Three lithostratigraphic...temperatures vary from 450--660°C. In the central Wadi Kid area, garnet, staurolite, cordierite and andalusite...plutonic rocks belong to the calc-alkaline suite. The Kid Group sediments and volcanics were deposited in a
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Umm Zariq schists, central western Kid Belt, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Mahrous M. Abu El-Enen, El Mansoura...Umm Zariq schists, central western Kid Belt, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. – N. Jb. Miner. Abh. (178): 277–...The Kid Belt, one of the four metamorphic belts constituting the Pan-African basement of the Sinai Peninsula...the south to the upper amphibolite facies in the northeast. In the central western part of the Kid Belt...0.9 kbar and 591 ± 28 ƒC (2 d). Key words: Kid Belt, Sinai, Umm Zariq schists, metapelites, geothermobarometry
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PAN-AFRICAN T E R R A I N IN S O U T H E A S T E R N SINAI - - A DISCUSSION ARYEH E. SHIMRON Geological Survey...tectonics o f the Pan-African terrain in the southeast Sinai Peninsula somewhat different from mine. This in...contribute to the present state of our knowledge o f Sinai, and the Arabian--Nubian Shield geology. However...the nature o f the Sinai orogenesis and the regional modelling o f the southeast Sinai, Pan-African terrain...interpretation o f the stratigraphy o f the southeast Sinai metamorphic rocks as proposed by Reymer is probably
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conditions in the Wadi Kid metamorphic complex: implications for the pan-african event in SE Sinai Arthur P.S...pelitic rocks of the central and northeastern Wadi Kid areas, Sinai, yields pressure estimates of 320 MPa (3...regime for the Pan-African event in Sinai. Introduction The Wadi Kid Complex is one of several regional...regional metamorphic terrains exposed in the Sinai Peninsula (Fig. 1) and forms part of the Late Proterozoic...ArabianNubian Shield. The metamorphic rocks of the Wadi Kid Complex consist of series of metasediments (pelites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
post-collisional Dokhan Volcanics and Younger Granites of SE Sinai, NE Arabian–Nubian Shield Mohammed Z. El-Bialy a...Science, Port Said University, Port Said 42522, Egypt Department of Mineral Resources and Rocks, Faculty...volcanics Younger granites Arabian–Nubian shield Sinai a b s t r a c t The post-collisional stage (620–590...Younger Granite (syenogranite) samples from SE Sinai. Whole-rock geochemical data from these two rock...1. Introduction The Neoproterozoic basement of Sinai crops out over approximately 14,000 km2. It constitutes
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post-collision Dokhan volcanic suite of Kid-Malhak region, Sinai, Egypt Mohammed Z. El-Bialy Geology Department...Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Port Said, Egypt a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Tectonic setting a b s t r a c t The Pan-African Kid-Malhak Dokhan volcanic suite (609 ± 12 Ma) is exposed...patterns with signiïŹcant negative Eu anomalies. The Kid-Malhak Dokhan lavas display geochemical characteristics...emplacement of the Dokhan volcanics in Egypt including that of Kid-Malhak region (580– 620 Ma) coincide
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tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 The Wadi Zaghra metasediments of Sinai, Egypt: new constraints on the late ...Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt c Geosciences Department, University of Texas...Wilde & Kamal A. Ali (2014) The Wadi Zaghra metasediments of Sinai, Egypt: new constraints on the late ...1080/00206814.2014.907755 The Wadi Zaghra metasediments of Sinai, Egypt: new constraints on the late Cryogenian–...Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt; cGeosciences Department, University of Texas at
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petrogenetic aspects of Younger gabbros from south Sinai: A transition from arc to active continental...Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Younger gabbros Petrology Geochemistry Origin South Sinai Egypt a b s t r a c t Five minor isolated intrusions...(Southeastern-), Wadi Rahaba (Central-) and Imliq and El-Khamila (Southeastern Sinai) are presented. These...maïŹc–ultramaïŹc complexes in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. They range in composition from normal, pyroxene–hornblende
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Metamorphic evolution of the Sa’al–Zaghra Complex in Sinai: Evidence for Mesoproterozoic Rodinia break-up?...Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt Geology Department, Faculty of Science, United Arab...Cairo, Egypt f Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt b c a...2013 Keywords: Sa’al–Zaghra Low-grade metamorphism Sinai Arabian-Nubian Shield Gondwana collision Rodinia...that the Sa’al–Zaghra metamorphic complex in Sinai, Egypt contains the oldest rocks found in the northernmost
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EVOLUTION OF THE ARABO--NUBIAN SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SINAI PENINSULA MASSIF WITH Y.K. BENTOR* Scripps Institution...Arabo--Nubian Massif with special reference to the Sinai Peninsula. Precambrian Res., 28 : 1--74. The Arabo--Nubian...trends in Saudi Arabia, the Eastern Desert of Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula, and the southern Negev. Until almost...Saudi Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, somewhat less in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, and much less in the...work in the Negev of Israel since 1949, in the Sinai Peninsula from 1967 to 1979, but n o t in any other
Book
· Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The Geology of Egypt Regional Geology Reviews Series Editors Roland...Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa François M. Roure, Rueil-Malmaison, France...Geology of Egypt 123 ‱ Editors Zakaria Hamimi Department of Geology Benha University Benha, Egypt JesĂșs...El-Barkooky Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt Harald Fritz Department of Geology and Environment...El-Rahman Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) Regional
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Desert, Egypt a Gehad M. Saleh & Farid M. Makroum a b Nuclear Materials Authority, Egypt b Mansoura...Mineralization of Granitoid Rocks, Southeastern Desert, Egypt, International Geology Review, 45:2, 157-175, DOI:...Desert, Egypt GEHAD M. SALEH1 Nuclear Materials Authority, El Maadi, P. O. Box 530, Cairo, Egypt AND FARID...Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt Downloaded by [Florida Atlantic University] at...December 2014 Abstract Granitoid rocks of the Wadi Um Geir–Wadi Allaqi (WUGA) area represent a Neoproterozoic
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characterization of Pan-African dyke swarms in southern Sinai: from continental margin to intraplate magmatism...characterization of Pan-African dyke swarms in southern Sinai: from continental margin to intraplate magmatism...Pan-African dyke swarms, occurring in the Wadi Feiran area, southern Sinai have been examined. Two swarms, striking...emplacement of two totally different types of dykes in the Wadi el Sheikh area requires a source region which is...both the Arabian domain and the Eastern Desert of Egypt, where they form swarms with an extremely high dyke
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(http://www.scirp.org/journal/nr) Mineral Industry in Egypt-Part I: Metallic Mineral Commodities Abdel-Zaher...University, Cairo, Egypt, Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Authority, Cairo, Egypt. E-mail: abdel...31st, 2011. ABSTRACT The mineral potential in Egypt is quite high. Almost all sorts of industrial minerals...commodities exist in commercial amounts. However, Egypt imports many of the mineral commodities needed for...of the mining industry in Egypt. This is why the mining technology in Egypt is not very far from being
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Research Centre, Al-Behoos St., 12622-Dokki, Cairo, Egypt c Department of Geosciences and Geography, University...Ediacaran ANS Zircon Nd–O isotopes Volcano-sedimentary Sinai a b s t r a c t Late Neoproterozoic (Ediacaran)...successions (Rutig and Ferani) exposed in southern Sinai, Egypt. The successions are dominated by intermediate...successions of Sinai correlate with the Dokhan Volcanics of the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The Dokhan Volcanics...in southern Sinai, southern Israel, southwest Jordan, the northern Eastern Desert of Egypt, and the Midyan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkaline pluton intruding the Saramuj Conglomerate, south-west Jordan Received: 15 August 1990/Accepted:...upper Proterozoic Saramuj Conglomerate in south-west Jordan (south eastern shore of the Dead Sea), were examined...Key words Pan-African Orogeny - alkaline plutons south-west Jordan - thermometry - age determinations ...exposure of the late Proterozoic basement along the Wadi ArabaDead Sea Rift (Fig. 1). The basement consist...regional unconformity is mainly exposed in the area of Wadi Abu-Barqa (Figure 1) and hidden in the type locality
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m a t i o n g a t h e r e d r e c e n t l y in Sinai, a n d t h e E a s t e r n Desert, E g y p t a n...k c a r r i e d out in Saudi A r a b i a a n d Sinai suggested a v e r y last stage for t h e P r e c...Saudi Arabia and three from Bentot (1985) from Sinai were used as reference samples. Altogether 95 samples...and a small amount of alumina. Mineralogically, albite has been replaced by K-feldspar and crystalline...composition. One granite of this province from southern Sinai, the Iqna Granite, has been dated 24 by the Rb-Sr
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School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia c Department of...of arid to semiarid climate is situated in the south eastern part of Rajasthan (India), which comprises...of raremetal-enriched albite granitoids in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Journal of African Earth... Lithological mapping in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, the Barramiya area, using Landsat thematic mapper...Arabian–Nubian shield, the Neoproterozoic Wadi Kid area, Sinai, Egypt. Gondwana Research 2007; 11(3): 326-335
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Geochemistry and Genesis of Beryl from Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert, Egypt Ahmed E. Abdel Gawad 1, * , Antoaneta...Geochemistry and Genesis of Beryl from Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals 2022, 12, 206. https://doi...Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El-Maadi, Cairo, Egypt; dr_mohamed1966@yahoo.com (M.A.A.); moh.gho@mail...in the ancient Roman mines at Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert of Egypt. It ranges from small crystals...green color is strong and bright. The emerald of Wadi Nugrus has similarities with the geological setting
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El-Delihimmi Granites, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt Asran Mohamed Asran, Ashraf Emam, Abdelhamid El-Fakharani...El-Delihimmi Granites, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, LITHOS (2017), doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.03.022...EL-DELIHIMMI GRANITES, CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT. Asran Mohamed Asrana, Ashraf Emamb, Abdelhamid...Sohag University, Egypt Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Egypt c Department of...intrusion, located in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, cuts the core of a major anticlinal structure of
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granitoids in the north Arabian-Nubian Shield (Egypt): constraints from whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd...A-type granitoids in the north ArabianNubian Shield (Egypt): constraints from whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd...granitoids in the north Arabian-Nubian Shield (Egypt): constraints from whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd...Faculty of Science, Minia University, El-Minia 61519, Egypt Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology, Karl-Franzens...in the northern Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) of Egypt, to investigate their ED petrogenesis and geodynamic
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11790 Cairo, Egypt Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt Economic...Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt RI a Abstract MA In the Wadi Um Had area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, NE-trending...Arabian-Nubian Shield, Eastern Desert, Um Had, Egypt PT 1. Introduction Orogenic belts are composed...domains. RI Um Had area in the Eastern Desert of Egypt is part of the extreme northeastern African SC...and biotite orthogneisses from Feiran Solaf belt, Sinai, were interpreted to represent pre-Pan-African continental
 
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