Locality type:

Deposit

Classification

Species:

Forsterite

Formula:

Mg₂SiO₄

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Forsterite data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Wadi El-Lawi, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

619861

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:619861:9

GUID (UUID V4):

fa344f9e-6864-4883-87fe-b3fd7606729b

Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite

3.8km (2.4 miles)

ⓘ Wadi El-Zarka, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

39.1km (24.3 miles)

ⓘ Wadi Um Huitate, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

81.5km (50.6 miles)

ⓘ Wadi Bezah, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

98.1km (61.0 miles)

ⓘ Chromitite outcrops, Barramiya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

References

Ahmed, A.H., Arai, S., and Attia, A.K. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 72-84.

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	Abdel-Karim, Abdel-Aal M., El-Shafei, Shaimaa A., Azer, Mokhles K. (2021) The Neoproterozoic ophiolitic ultramafic rocks in Eastern Desert of Egypt: implications for petrogenesis and metasomatic processes. International Geology Review, 63 (2). 208-232 doi:10.1080/00206814.2019.1708816	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	ophiolitic ultramaﬁc rocks in Eastern Desert of Egypt: implications for petrogenesis and metasomatic processes...processes Abdel-Aal M. Abdel-Karima, Shaimaa A. El-Shafei a and Mokhles K. Azerb a Geology Department...University, Zagazig, Egypt; bGeological Sciences Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt ABSTRACT ARTICLE...localities in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, namely; Wadi Muweilha, Wadi Arayis and Gabal Kurbiyay. The present...basement exposures of the Eastern Desert (ED) of Egypt. Few complete successions and many dismembered ophiolitic
	Hamimi, Zakaria, El-Barkooky, Ahmed, Frías, Jesús Martínez, Fritz, Harald, El-Rahman, Yasser Abd - Eds. (2020) The Geology of Egypt. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15265-9	Book
	Zakaria Hamimi · Ahmed El-Barkooky · Jesús Martínez Frías · Harald Fritz · Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The...The Geology of Egypt Regional Geology Reviews Series Editors Roland Oberhänsli, Potsdam, Brandenburg... Zakaria Hamimi • Ahmed El-Barkooky Jesús Martínez Frías • Harald Fritz • Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The...Geology of Egypt 123 • Editors Zakaria Hamimi Department of Geology Benha University Benha, Egypt Jesús...Madrid, Spain Ahmed El-Barkooky Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt Harald Fritz Department

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Forsterite from Wadi El-Lawi, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

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