Locality type: | Complex |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Apatite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 860498 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:860498:9 |
GUID (UUID V4): | b4bd1fb3-27c3-4483-b595-9722cff4b594 |
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite |
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27.8km (17.3 miles) | ⓘHafafit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
49.3km (30.7 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
51.1km (31.8 miles) | ⓘDungash Mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
52.1km (32.4 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Nugrus, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
54.1km (33.6 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Sikait, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
55.6km (34.6 miles) | ⓘKadabora-Abu Dob alkali-feldspar granite, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
63.8km (39.6 miles) | ⓘNuweibi Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
70.9km (44.0 miles) | ⓘEl Kahfa Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
87.3km (54.2 miles) | ⓘEl Bakriyah Ring Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
References |
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El Ramly, M. F., Dereniuk, N. E., Budanov, V. I., Armanious, L. K., & Hayek, G. G. (1969). A petrological study on the central part of the Gabal Abu Khruq ring complex. Geol Surv Egypt, Paper, (51). Gindy, A. R., AR, G., SO, K., EL RAMLY, M. F., & AI, A. (1978). Contributions to the petrochemistry and geochemistry of the alkaline rocks of Gabal Abu Khruq and Gabal El-Nuhud, South-Eastern Desert, Egypt. Chemie der Erde, 37, 285-301. Omar, G. I., Kohn, B. P., Lutz, T. M., & Faul, H. (1987). The cooling history of Silurian to Cretaceous alkaline ring complexes, south Eastern Desert, Egypt, as revealed by fission-track analysis. Earth and planetary science letters, 83(1-4), 94-108. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(87)90054-9 Lutz, T. M., Foland, K. A., Faul, H., & Srogi, L. (1988). The strontium and oxygen isotopic record of hydrothermal alteration of syenites from the Abu Khruq complex, Egypt. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 98(2), 212-223. doi.org/10.1007/BF00402113 Ismail, A. I., Ghabrial, D. S., Ibrahem, W. A., Eissa, M., Cazzaniga, A., Zanelli, C., & Dondi, M. (2018).Exploring syenites from ring complexes in the Eastern Desert (Egypt) as ceramic raw materials. Periodico di Mineralogia, 87(1). |