Crystal Mountain (Gebel Bellorat), New Valley Governorate, Egypti
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Crystal Mountain (Gebel Bellorat) | Mountain |
| New Valley Governorate | Governorate |
| Egypt | Country |
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Key
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 39' 42'' North , 28° 25' 48'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Köppen climate type:
11-10 Ma fossil karst system with coarse dogtooth calcite crystals.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Reference: Wanas, H. A., Pickford, M., Mein, P., Soliman, H. A., & Segalen, L. (2009). Late Miocene karst system at Sheikh Abdallah, between Bahariya and Farafra, Western Desert, Egypt: Implications for palaeoclimate and geomorphology. Geologica Acta: an international earth science journal, 7(4), 475-488. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 14 - ANHYDROUS NORMAL CARBONATES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A(XO3) | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 14.1.1.1 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Wanas, H.A., Pickford, M., Mein, P., Soliman, H.A., and Segalen, L. (2009) Late Miocene karst system at Sheikh Abdallah, between Bahariya and Farafra, Western Desert, Egypt: Implications for palaeoclimate and geomorphology. Geologica Acta, 7(4), 475-488.
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Crystal Mountain, New Valley Governorate, Egypt