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K Feldspar from
Wadi Kid, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Wadi
Classification
Species:'K Feldspar' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view K Feldspar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wadi Kid, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1591225
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1591225:9
GUID (UUID V4):65a66696-af7e-4c4e-bb12-a93d2394b58f
Nearest other occurrences of K Feldspar
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘTarr Complex, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘUm Zariq formation, Kid, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘUm Zeriq I deposit, Kid, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘShalal deposit, Kid, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘWādī Zaghrah, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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the Late Neoproterozoic Wadi Kid volcano-sedimentary rocks, Southern Sinai, Egypt: Implications for tectonic...of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Department of Mineral Resources and Rocks, Faculty...Science, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35516, Egypt g Geosciences Department, University of Texas at...Arabian–Nubian Shield Sinai Neoproterozoic U–Pb zircon Sr–Nd isotopes a b s t r a c t The Kid Group is one of...metavolcano-sedimentary rocks in the basement of southern Sinai in the northernmost Arabian–Nubian Shield. It is
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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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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... Highest grade rocks are syn-D 2 andalusite--K-feldspar gneiss diapirs. Metamorphic zones are shallow
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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 REPLY - - A.P.S. REYMER I n s t i t u t e of...conclusions concerning some aspects of Wadi Kid (southeast Sinai) geology (Reymer, 1983a) are n o t "somewhat"...leave out any detailed discussion on southern Wadi Kid, since R e y m e r and Yogev (1983) is still in... I will start with some large-scale aspects of Sinai geology and then discuss some details and charges...a continental crust. Geochronologic studies in Sinai (Bielski et al., 1979; Halpern, 1980; Halpern and
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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
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U–Pb dating Northernmost Arabian–Nubian Shield Sinai Southern Israel a b s t r a c t Four isolated metamorphic...70% of the total area, were distinguished in Sinai (Egypt) and Elat area (southern Israel), the northernmost...metamorphic complexes (Sa'al, Feiran–Solaf, and Kid). In addition we present a SIMS U–Pb titanite age...developed from ca. 870 to 740 Ma (130 My), and the Kid arc formed from ca. 640 to 620 Ma (20 My). Evidence...of rocks of this age were found. In the Sa'al and Kid arcs both volcanic and sedimentary rocks are preserved
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volcanic phases of the Wadi Tarr Albitite complex, southern Sinai, Egypt Mokhles K. Azer, Hisham A. Gahlan...December 2018 Please cite this article as: Mokhles K. Azer, Hisham A. Gahlan, Paul D. Asimow, Khaled M...and volcanic phases of the Wadi Tarr Albitite complex, southern Sinai, Egypt. Lithos (2018), https://doi...volcanic phases of the Wadi Tarr Albitite Complex, southern Sinai, Egypt Mokhles K. Azer1*, Hisham A. Gahlan2...Sciences Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt 2 Department of Geology and Geophysics, King Saud
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/ l o c a t e / g r Granitoid evolution in Sinai, Egypt, based on precise SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology...Nuclear Materials Authority, P.O. Box. 530, Cairo, Egypt Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University...online 12 July 2008 Keywords: U–Pb zircon dating Sinai Egypt Pan-African ‘Younger’ granitoids Alkali granites...were collected from four separate localities in Sinai. They were selected to represent both the calc-alkaline...separate magmatic episodes in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, with the transition to alkali granite at ~ 610
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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...quite evolved (SiO2 ≈ 65– 77 wt.%), with strong high-K calc-alkaline afïŹnity and are characterized by relative...patterns with signiïŹcant negative Eu anomalies. The Kid-Malhak Dokhan lavas display geochemical characteristics
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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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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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Malhaq and Um Zariq formations, Kid metamorphic complex, Sinai, Egypt: Implications for source-area weathering...Science, Port Said University, Port Said 42522, Egypt a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...roughly the northern half of the Kid metamorphic complex of SE Sinai, in the NE part of the Arabian–Nubian...Introduction The Neoproterozoic crustal evolution of Sinai (870–550 Ma; Be'eriShlevin et al., 2009, 2012; Bentor...al., 2012). The Neoproterozoic basement of the Sinai Peninsula comprises four main metamorphic complexes
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Metamorphic evolution of the Sa’al–Zaghra Complex in Sinai: Evidence for Mesoproterozoic Rodinia break-up?... M. Hassan a,e,f,∗ , T.S. Abu-Alam a,b,e , K. StĂŒwe a , A. Fowler c , I. Hassen d a Institut fĂŒr Erdwissenschaften...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
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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...n t i l r e c e n t l y o n e o f its l e s s e r k n o w n p a r t s . T h e r e s e e m e d *Also affiliated...Saudi Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, somewhat less in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, and much less in the
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of Egypt: emplacement of granitoids in a wrench-tectonic setting M. Bregar a, A. Bauernhofer a, K. Pelz...Abstract Core complexes within the Eastern Desert of Egypt evolved in the course of orogen-parallel extension...Precambrian Research 118 (2002) 59–82 Keywords: Egypt; East African Orogen; Neoproterozoic; Exhumation;...the East African Orogen in the Eastern Desert of Egypt consolidated in the Neoproterozoic by accretion...complexes have also been reported from the Wadi Kid area in the Sinai (El Gaby et al., 1991; Blasband et al
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volcano-sedimentary sequence at Wadi Rutig in southern Sinai, Egypt as revealed by SIMS U–Pb dating of...Mekhaiel D. Samuel a, Yaron Be'eri-Shlevin b, Mokhles K. Azer a,⁎, Martin J. Whitehouse b, Hilmy E. Moussa...Research Centre, Al-Behoos St., 12622-Dokki, Cairo, Egypt NORDSIM, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O...Shield Sinai U–Pb zircon age Provenance a b s t r a c t The volcano-sedimentary succession at Wadi Rutig...Rutig, Sinai, at the northernmost segment of the Arabian Nubian Shield comprises early Ediacaran volcanic
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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...intermediate to silicic volcanics of mostly high-K calc-alkaline afïŹnity, interbedded with immature sediments...successions of Sinai correlate with the Dokhan Volcanics of the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The Dokhan Volcanics
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petrogenesis of a high-K calc-alkaline Dokhan Volcanic suite, South Safaga area, Egypt: the role of late Neoproterozoic...Alexandria, Egypt Received 5 September 2002; accepted 14 March 2003 Abstract The South Safaga area,... Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, comprises an undeformed Dokhan Volcanic suite, which is temporally...element patterns show enrichment in LILEs (Rb, Ba, K, Th, and Ce) relative to HFSEs (Nb, Zr, P, and Ti)...tectono-metamorphic events in the Eastern Desert of Egypt suggests that these rocks post-date active subduction
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synchronous with widespread igneous activity in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere in the Arabian–Nubian Shield...bound by the Jordanian border on the east and the Sinai Peninsula on the west, contains some of the most...the sample site locations and index map of the Sinai region showing the position of the Elat area with...Rb/Sr and zircon disolution ages) in Wadi Feiran in neighboring Sinai (Stern and Manton, 1987; Beyth et...the Elat area. (A) Outcrop of metapelite from the Wadi Shlomo with centimeter-size garnets displaying asymmetric
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granitoids in the Gabal El-Urf area, Eastern Desert, Egypt: geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic constraints ABDEL-KADER...of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt (Received 9 July 1998; accepted 21 January 1999)...Granitoids in the Gabal El-Urf area in Eastern Egypt consist of a monzogranite pluton, belonging to the...Neoproterozoic crustal evolution of northeastern Egypt. 1. Introduction The tectonic and crustal evolution... However, local areas in the Eastern Desert of Egypt show evidence for the involvement of pre-Neoproterozoic
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data indicate that the samples are medium- to high-K, “I-type” granitic rocks that mostly plot as “volcanic...the north from the 820–890 Ma Haya terrane to the south (Kröner et al. 1991; Reischmann et al. 1992; Stern...terrane to the north and the Haya terrane to the south (Abdelsalam and Stern 1993b), whereas the Berlin...tectonic elements, as discussed in text. Dashed line K–K is Keraf suture. Continuation of the Nakasib suture...supracrustal nappes, whereas the Berlin group infer that south-dipping subduction led to collision and emplacement
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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The Geochronology of Iqna Granite (Wadi Kid Pluton), Southern Sinai M. Bielski 1, E. Jfiger 2, a n d G...Abstract. The wadi K i d p l u t o n o f I q n a G r a n i t e , S o u t h e r n Sinai, which was i n...biotite ages is detected by b o t h R b - S r a n d K - A r methods. M i n e r a l isochrons yield higher...n i n g of the biotite interlayer space, thus m a k i n g the Sr exchange possible. These effects are...Massif exposed in Southern Sinai (Fig. 1). The basement complex of Sinai consists, in chronological sequence
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com/locate/precamres The Feiran–Solaf metamorphic complex, Sinai, Egypt: Geochronological and geochemical constraints...of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural...Pre-Pan African Feiran–Solaf metamorphic complex Sinai Neoproterozoic a b s t r a c t Ion-microprobe U–Th–Pb...Feiran–Solaf metamorphic complex in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. These data reveal a succession of magmatic...Research 239 (2013) 106–125 continental crust of the Sinai (Be’eri-Shlevin et al., 2009a, 2012; Eyal et al
 
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