Titanite from Arabian Peninsula


Oman
Al Batinah North Governorate Sohar ⓘ Bayda Mine
ⓘ Lasail Mine
ⓘ Wadi Fizh	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 Buraimi Governorate Northern Oman Ophiolite ⓘ Wadi Hilti	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.
Muscat Governorate Sib ⓘ Fanjah (Fanja)

Saudi Arabia
Al-Qassim Region Jabal Zalm area ⓘ Metabasite dykes	Bakhsh, R.A. (2018): Microanalysis and genesis of Cu-Ag minerals in metadiabase dykes at the Jabal Zalm area, Saudi Arabia. Ore Geology Reviews 95, 713-724.
Ha'il Region ⓘ Jabal Ar Rumman Granite Complex	Stuckless, J. S., Hedge, C. E., Wenner, D. B., & Nkomo, I. T. (1985). Isotopic studies of postorogenic granites from the northeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. United States Geological Survey, Open File Report 85-126. Quick, J. E. (1983). Reconnaissance geology of the Ghazzalah quadrangle, sheet 26/41 A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. US Geological Survey, Open-File Report 83-331.
Mecca Region ⓘ Al-Madhiq area	Zulfiqar, A. & Hariri, M. M. (2006): Formation and mineral chemistry of a calcic skarn from Al-Madhiq, SW Saudi Arabia. Chemie der Erde 66, 187-201.
ⓘ Kawr Granite Intrusion	Stoeser, D. B. (1986). Distribution and tectonic setting of plutonic rocks of the Arabian Shield. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 4, 21-46. Al-Muallem, M.S. & Smith, J.W. 1987. Geologic Map of the Ar Rawdah Quadrangle, Sheet 21F, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:250000 Geoscience Map GM-85C (and Explanatory Notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
ⓘ Wadi Al Qamra Granite	Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4 Vaslet, D., Pellaton, C., Manivit, J., Le Nindre, Y. M., Brosse, J. M., & Fourniguet, J. (1985). Geologic map of the Sulayyimah Quadrangle, Sheet 21H, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geologic Map GM-100C (with Explanatory notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Medina Region ⓘ Jabal Hadb Ad Dayahin Complex	Jackson, N. J., Drysdall, A. R., & Stoeser, D. B. (1985). Alkali granite-related Nb-Zr-REE-U-Th mineralization in the Arabian shield. In High heat production (HHP) granites, hydrothermal circulation and ore genesis. Conference (pp. 479-487). Kemp, J., Gros, Y., & Prian, J. P. (1982). Geologic Map of the Mahd adh Dhahab Quadrangle. Sheet 23E, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources Geologic Map, GM-64C, Scale, 1(250), 000.
ⓘ Khamal Layered Mafic Intrusion	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
ⓘ Unnamed pegmatite	He, Sheng, Ziying Li, Abdullah A. Jehani, Dongfa Guo, Zaben Harbi, and Yuyan Zhang. (2021) "Nb–Ta Behaviour during Magma-to-Pegmatite Transformation Process: Record from Zircon Megacrysts in Pegmatite" Minerals 11, no. 10: 1139. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101139
Najran Region ⓘ Najran Pluton	Sable, E.G. 1985. Geologic Map of the Najran Quadrangle, Sheet 17G, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geoscience Map GM-78A (with Explanatory notes). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.

United Arab Emirates
Emirate of Fujairah ⓘ Uyaynah carbonatite	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.
Emirate of Sharjah ⓘ Hatta Zone Carbonatites	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.

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