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Chlorite Group from Arabian Peninsula

Oman
 
  • Al Batinah North Governorate
Mawarid Mining
    • Sohar
Haymon, R. M., Koski, R. A., & Abrams, M. J. (1989). Hydrothermal discharge zones beneath massive sulfide deposits mapped in the Oman ophiolite. Geology, 17(6), 531-535.
Ishikawa, A. (2020) Hydrothermal Chromitites from the Oman Ophiolite: The Role of Water in Chromitite Genesis. Minerals 2020, 10, 217.
Arai, S.
Miura, M.
Tamura, A.
Akizawa, N.
  • Al Batinah South Governorate
Moreira, B. B. (2017). Ore mineralogy and geochemistry of the Mandoos volcanic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit, Sumail Ophiolite, Oman (Doctoral dissertation).
  • Al Buraimi Governorate
    • Northern Oman Ophiolite
Miyashita, S., Adachi, Y., Neo, N., Tomatsu, T., & Tanaka, S. Large chloritite bodies found in the upper gabbro unit of the Oman ophiolite: New aspect for the hydrothermal systems beneath ocean ridges.
  • Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate
    • Semail Ophiolite
Science Team, O.D.P. (2020) The Formation of Dunite Channels within Harzburgite in the Wadi Tayin Massif, Oman Ophiolite: Insights from Compositional Variability of Cr-Spinel and Olivine in Holes BA1B and BA3A, Oman Drilling Project. Minerals 10, 167.
Cocomazzi, G.
Grieco, G.
Tartarotti, P.
Bussolesi, M.
Zaccarini, F.
Crispini, L.
  • Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate
    • Sal Carbonatite Plugs
Nasir, S., Theye, T. & Massonne, H.-J. 2009 REE-rich aeschynite in apatite-dolomite carbonatite, eastern Oman Mountains. The Open Mineralogy Journal, 3, 17-27.
Nasir, S., Theye, T. & Massonne, H.-J. 2009 REE-rich aeschynite in apatite-dolomite carbonatite, eastern Oman Mountains. The Open Mineralogy Journal, 3, 17-27.
  • Muscat Governorate
    • Saih Hatat
Jour.Met.Geo 19:233–248 (2001)
    • Sib
Rajendran, S., Nasir, S., Kusky, T. M., Ghulam, A., Gabr, S., & El-Ghali, M. A. (2013). Detection of hydrothermal mineralized zones associated with listwaenites in Central Oman using ASTER data. Ore geology reviews, 53, 470-488.
Qatar
 
  • Dam Formation
DILL, H.G., BOTZ, R. , BERNER, Z., STÜBEN, D., NASIR, S. and AL-SAAD, H. (2005) Sedimentary facies, mineralogy and geochemistry of the sulphate -bearing Miocene Dam Formation in Qatar.- Sedimentary Geology, 174: 63-96
Saudi Arabia
 
  • 'Asir Region
Charles W. Smith, R. Ernest Anderson, and M. R. Dehlavi (1976) Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Kutam Mine, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia. U. S. Geological Survey Saudi Arabian Project Report 211
USGS Open file report 85-240
  • Al-Qassim Region
    • Al Amar District
Surour, A. A., & Bakhsh, R. (2013). Microfabrics and microchemistry of sulfide ores from the 640 FW-E level at the Al Amar gold mine, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure, 1(3), 96-110.
www.ashgill.com.au (2011) http://www.ashgill.com.au/pdfs/Al-Amar%20Gold%20Mine.pdf
    • Sukhaybarat al Gharbiyah (Sukhaybarat ash Sharqiyah)
Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
  • Mecca Region
Surour, A. A., Harbi, H. M., & Ahmed, A. H. (2014). The Bi’r Tawilah deposit, central western Saudi Arabia: Supergene enrichment of a Pan-African epithermal gold mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 89, 149-163.
Forti, P., Galli, E., Rossi, A., Pint, J., & Pint, S. (2004). Ghar Al Hibashi lava tube: the richest site in Saudi Arabia for cave minerals. Acta carsologica, 33(2).
  • Medina Region
Ahmed, A. H., & Habtoor, A. (2015). Heterogeneously depleted Precambrian lithosphere deduced from mantle peridotites and associated chromitite deposits of Al'Ays ophiolite, Northwestern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Ore Geology Reviews, 67, 279-296.
Brearley, A.J., Jones, R.H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J., Editor): Chapter 3, 398 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA.
Abuamarah, Bassam A., Fahad Alshehri, Mokhles K. Azer, and Paul D. Asimow. (2023) "Loveringite from the Khamal Layered Mafic Intrusion: The First Occurrence in the Arabian Shield, Northwest Saudi Arabia" Minerals 13, no. 2: 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020172
Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
Al-Shanti, A. M. S. (1995): mineral deposits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sci. Publ. Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
  • Najran Region
Clay M. Conway (1985) Geology and regional setting of the Al Masane ancient mine area, Southeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. USGS Open File Report 85-240
  • Riyadh Region
Doebrich, J. L., Al-Jehani, A. M., Siddiqui, A. A., Hayes, T. S., Wooden, J. L., & Johnson, P. R. (2007). Geology and metallogeny of the Ar Rayn terrane, eastern Arabian shield: evolution of a Neoproterozoic continental-margin arc during assembly of Gondwana within the East African Orogen. Precambrian Research, 158(1), 17-50.
Testard, J., Tegyey, M., Picot, P., Maury, M., & Kosakevitch, M. (1979, June). Khnaiguiyah: Mineralization in an Acid Volcanosedimentary Environment. In Evolution and Mineralization of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: Proceedings of a Symposium Convened (Vol. 3, p. 80). Pergamon Press.
Al-Shanti, A. M. S. (1995): mineral deposits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sci. Publ. Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
  • Tabuk Region
    • Midyan
Küster, D. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 68-86.
    • Wejh
gisarabia.brgm.fr (2003) http://gisarabia.brgm.fr/Publications/RESUMNEW.doc
Hakim, H. D., & El-Mahdy, O. R. (1992). Sulfide assemblages and metamorphic episodes at Mahd Adh Dhabab Gold Mine, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
USGS Open File Report 1976-0865
United Arab Emirates
 
  • Emirate of Fujairah
Woolley, A. R., Barr, M. W. C., Din, V. K., Jones, G. C., Wall, F., & Williams, C. T. (1991). Extrusive carbonatites from the Uyaynah area, United Arab Emirates. Journal of Petrology, 32(6), 1143-1167.
Ziegler, U., Stoessel, F., & Peters, T. J. (1991). Meta-carbonatites in the metamorphic series below the Semail Ophiolite in the Dibba Zone, Northern Oman Mountains. In Ophiolite genesis and evolution of the oceanic lithosphere (pp. 627-645). Springer, Dordrecht.
Ziegler, U., Stoessel, F., & Peters, T. J. (1991) Isotopic (Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd) and geochemical studies of the metamorphosed volcanic rocks in the metamorphic series below the Semail ophiolite in the Dibba Zone (United Arab Emirates). Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen Zürich, 71, 19-33.
Ziegler, U., Stoessel, F., & Peters, T. J. (1991). Meta-carbonatites in the metamorphic series below the Semail Ophiolite in the Dibba Zone, Northern Oman Mountains. In Ophiolite genesis and evolution of the oceanic lithosphere (pp. 627-645). Springer, Dordrecht.
Ziegler, U., Stoessel, F., & Peters, T. J. (1991) Isotopic (Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd) and geochemical studies of the metamorphosed volcanic rocks in the metamorphic series below the Semail ophiolite in the Dibba Zone (United Arab Emirates). Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen Zürich, 71, 19-33.
  • Emirate of Sharjah
Nasir, S., & Klemd, R. (1998). New carbonatite occurrences along the Hatta transform fault zone (northern Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates). Journal of African Earth Sciences, 27(1), 3-10.
Yemen
 
  • Hadhramaut Governorate
Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998): Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J., Editor): Chapter 3, 398 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. (1998).
 
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