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Calcite from Arabian Plate

Djibouti
 
  • Tadjourah Region
Jean-Marie Laurent collection (Self collected 1980)
Iran
 
  • Hormozgan Province
    • Qeshm County
      • Qeshm Island
Michal Filippi, et al (2002) Mineralien Welt, 13, 1, 60-72.
Iraq
 
  • Al Anbar Governorate
    • Ar-Rutba District
      • Ar-Rutbah (Rutbah; Ar-Rutba; Rutba)
Petranek, J., Jassim, S., Al-Bassam, K. and Hak, J. (1983) Quartz geodes of the Western Desert, Iraq. Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii, 28, 139-147.
Petranek, J., Jassim, S., Al-Bassam, K. and Hak, J. (1980) Quartz geodes of the Western Desert, Iraq. Journal of the Geological Society of Iraq, 13, 343-347
      • Wadi Al-Hussainiya
Al-Bassam, K.S., Tamar-Agha, M.Y. (1998) Genesis of the Hussainiyat Ironstone Deposit, Western Desert, Iraq. Mineralium Deposita 33:3, 266-282.
  • Duhok Governorate
    • Amedi District
      • Amedi
Yassin, S.Z., Goff, J.C. (Eds.) (2006): Geology of Iraq. Dolin, Prague and Moravian Museum, Brno, 337 pp.
Yassin, A.T. (1995): Mineralogy, petrography and geochemistry of iron-rich sediments in Benavi area - Northern Iraq. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Baghdad
Yassin, S.Z., Goff, J.C. (Eds.) (2006): Geology of Iraq. Dolin, Prague and Moravian Museum, Brno, 337 pp.
    • Zakho District
      • Sindi
Yassin, S.Z., Goff, J.C. (Eds.) (2006): Geology of Iraq. Dolin, Prague and Moravian Museum, Brno, 337 pp.
Israel
 
  • Southern District (HaDarom District)
    • Beersheba (Beer Sheva)
Shugar, A. N. Extractive metallurgy in the Chalcolithic Southern Levant: Assessment of copper ores from Abu Matar. in Ben-Yosef, E. and Goren, Y. (eds.): Mining for Copper: Essays in Honor of Professor Beno Rothenberg
    • Dead Sea
Kruszewski, Łukasz, Palchik, Vyacheslav, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Nowak, Katarzyna, Banasik, Kamila, Galuskina, Irina (2021) Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Rock Mechanic Characteristics of Zeolite-Bearing Rocks of the Hatrurim Basin, Israel. Minerals, 11 (10) 1062 doi:10.3390/min11101062
Murashko, M. et al (2010) Zapiski RMO, 139, 3, 22-30.
    • Eilat
Shlomovitch, N., Bar-Matthews, M., & Matthews, A. (1999). Sedimentary and epigenetic copper mineral assemblages in the Cambrian Timna Formation, southern Israel. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 48(140), 195-208.
Bartura, Y., & Würzburger, U. (1974). The Timna copper deposit. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. p277-285
Hans Niedermeier (2000) Mineralien Welt, 11, #5, 58-62.
    • Tamar Regional Council
      • Hatrurim Basin
Britvin, Sergey N., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Gorelova, Liudmila A., Vlasenko, Natalia S., Pakhomova, Anna S., Zaitsev, Anatoly N., Zolotarev, Andrey A., Bykov, Maxim, Lozhkin, Maksim S., Nestola, Fabrizio (2021) Discovery of terrestrial allabogdanite (Fe,Ni)2P, and the effect of Ni and Mo substitution on the barringerite-allabogdanite high-pressure transition. American Mineralogist, 106 (6) 944-952 doi:10.2138/am-2021-7621
Pautov, Leonid A. (2019) Nataliakulikite, Ca4Ti2(Fe3+,Fe2+)(Si,Fe3+,Al)O11, a New Perovskite-Supergroup Mineral from Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Minerals 9, no. 11: 700.
Burg, A., Kolodny, Y., & Lyakhovsky, V. (1999). Hatrurim-2000: The “Mottled Zone” revisited, forty years later. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 48, 209-223.
Sharygin, Victor V.
Yakovlev, Grigory A.
Wirth, Richard
Seryotkin, Yurii V.
Sokol, Ellina V.
Nigmatulina, Elena N.
Karmanov, Nikolai S.
Galuskin, E.
Murashko, M. Molecular Hydrogen in Natural Mayenite. Minerals 2020, 10, 560.
Hans Niedermeier (2000) Mineralien Welt, 11, #5, 58-62.
Jordan
 
  • Ajloun Governorate
Yosha Abdel Salam Al-amri (2007): The role of the iron ore deposit of Mugharet el-Wardeh/Jordan in the development of the use of iron in southern Bilad el-Sham. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, 184 pp.
  • Amman Governorate
Techer, I., Khoury, H.N., Salameh, E., Rassineux, F., Claude, C., Clauer, N., Pagel, M., Lancelot, J., Hamelin, B., and Jacquot, E. (2006): Propagation of high-alkaline fluids in an argillaceous formation: Case study of the Khushaym Matruk natural analogue (Central Jordan). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 90, 53-67.
      • Daba-Siwaqa complex
Pitty, A. F., & Alexander, W. R. (2010). A natural analogue study of cement buffered, hyperalkaline groundwaters and their interaction with a repository host rock IV: an examination of the Khushaym Matruk (central Jordan) and Maqarin (northern Jordan) sites. NDA-RWMD Technical Report, NDA, Moors Row, UK.
Galuskin, Evgeny V., Stachowicz, Marcin, Galuskina, Irina O., Woźniak, Krzysztof, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Murashko, Mikhail N., Zieliński, Grzegorz (2023) Deynekoite, Ca9Fe3+(PO4)7 – a new mineral of the merrillite group from phosphide-bearing contact facies of paralava, Hatrurim Complex, Daba-Siwaqa, Jordan. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-31 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.71
        • Hashem region
Anthony, John W., Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. - Eds. (2016) Handbook of Mineralogy. https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/
Fleurance, S., Cuney, M., Malartre, F., & Reyx, J. (2013). Origin of the extreme polymetallic enrichment (Cd, Cr, Mo, Ni, U, V, Zn) of the Late Cretaceous–Early Tertiary Belqa Group, central Jordan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 369, 201-219.
            • Siwaga
Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Galuskina, Irina O., Kusz, Joachim, Stasiak, Marta, Krzykawski, Tomasz, Dulski, Mateusz (2019) Qatranaite, CaZn2(OH)6 · 2H2O: a new mineral from altered pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, Daba-Siwaqa, Jordan. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (3) 575-584 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2833
Khoury, H.N., Sokol, E.V., Kokh, S.N., Seryotkin, Y.V., Nigmatulina, E.N., Goryainov, S.V., Belogub, E.V., Clark, I.D. (2016): Tululite, Ca14(Fe3+,Al)(Al,Zn,Fe3+,Si,P,Mn,Mg)15O36: a new Ca zincate-aluminate from combustion metamorphic marbles, central Jordan. Mineralogy and Petrology, 110, 125-140
Sokol, E. V., Kokh, S. N., Khoury, H. N., Seryotkin, Y. V., & Goryainov, S. V. (2016). Long-term immobilisation of Cd 2+ at the Tulul Al Hammam natural analogue site, central Jordan. Applied Geochemistry, 70, 43-60.
Galuskina, Irina O., Stachowicz, Marcin, Woźniak, Krzysztof, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2021) Mcconnellite, CuCrO2 and ellinaite, CaCr2O4, from varicoloured spurrite marble of the Daba-Siwaqa area, Hatrurim Complex, Jordan. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (3) 387-397 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.27
Artemyev, D.A. (2020) Ultrahigh-Temperature Sphalerite from Zn-Cd-Se-Rich Combustion Metamorphic Marbles, Daba Complex, Central Jordan: Paragenesis, Chemistry, and Structure. Minerals: 10(9): 822.
Sokol, E.V.
Kokh, S.N.
Seryotkin, Y.V.
Deviatiiarova, A.S.
Goryainov, S.V.
Sharygin, V.V.
Khoury, H.N.
Karmanov, N.S.
Khoury, H. N. (2014). Geochemistry of Surficial Uranium Deposits from Central Jordan.
Galuskina, I. O., Krüger, B., Galuskin, E. V., Vapnik, Y., & Murashko, M. (2019). A New Mineral Khurayyimite, Ca7. 07Zn3. 89Si4. 02O14 (OH) 10 4H2O, from Daba Siwaqa Pyrometamorphic Rock, Jordan. In XIX International Meeting on Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy of Minerals (pp. 78-78).
Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Krüger, Hannes, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2020) Siwaqaite, Ca6Al2(CrO4)3(OH)12·26H2O, a new mineral of the ettringite group from the pyrometamorphic Daba-Siwaqa complex, Jordan. American Mineralogist, 105 (3) 409-421 doi:10.2138/am-2020-7208
Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Michail N., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Polekhovsky, Yury S., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Vlasenko, Natalia S. (2020) Transjordanite, Ni2P, a new terrestrial and meteoritic phosphide, and natural solid solutions barringerite-transjordanite (hexagonal Fe2P–Ni2P) American Mineralogist, 105 (3) 428-436 doi:10.2138/am-2020-7275
  • Aqaba Governorate
M. Al-Hwaiti, B. Zoheir, B. Lehmann and I. Rabba (2010): Epithermal gold mineralization at Wadi Abu Khushayba, southwestern Jordan. Ore Geology Reviews 38, 101-112.
  • Irbid Governorate
    • Maqarin area
Pitty, A. F., & Alexander, W. R. (2010). A natural analogue study of cement buffered, hyperalkaline groundwaters and their interaction with a repository host rock IV: an examination of the Khushaym Matruk (central Jordan) and Maqarin (northern Jordan) sites. NDA-RWMD Technical Report, NDA, Moors Row, UK.
www.natural-analogues.com (2003) http://www.natural-analogues.com/maqarin.htm
Khoury, H. N., Salameh, E., & Abdul-Jaber, Q. (1985). Characteristics of an unusual highly alkaline water from the Maqarin area, northern Jordan. Journal of Hydrology, 81(1), 79-91.
  • Ma'an Governorate
ANNUAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY “ST. IVAN RILSKI”, Vol. 48, Part I, Geology and Geophysics, 2005
  • Mafraq Governorate
    • Safawi
Ibrahim, Khalil, Hall, Anthony (1995) New occurrences of diagenetic faujasite in the Quaternary tuffs of north-east Jordan. European Journal of Mineralogy, 7 (5) 1129-1136 doi:10.1127/ejm/7/5/1129
Ibrahim, Khalil, Hall, Anthony (1995) New occurrences of diagenetic faujasite in the Quaternary tuffs of north-east Jordan. European Journal of Mineralogy, 7 (5) 1129-1136 doi:10.1127/ejm/7/5/1129
Ibrahim, Khalil, Hall, Anthony (1995) New occurrences of diagenetic faujasite in the Quaternary tuffs of north-east Jordan. European Journal of Mineralogy, 7 (5) 1129-1136 doi:10.1127/ejm/7/5/1129
  • Tafilah Governorate
Qatar Univ. Sci. J. 21:101-117.
Kuwait
 
  • Al-Ahmadi
    • Al Ahmadi
Juergen Roth
Oman
 
  • Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate
Chavagnac, V., Ceuleneer, G., Monnin, C., Lansac, B., Hoareau, G., & Boulart, C. (2013). Mineralogical assemblages forming at hyperalkaline warm springs hosted on ultramafic rocks: a case study of Oman and Ligurian ophiolites. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(7), 2474-2495.
  • Al Batinah North Governorate
Mawarid Mining
Chavagnac, V., Ceuleneer, G., Monnin, C., Lansac, B., Hoareau, G., & Boulart, C. (2013). Mineralogical assemblages forming at hyperalkaline warm springs hosted on ultramafic rocks: a case study of Oman and Ligurian ophiolites. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(7), 2474-2495.
Chavagnac, V., Ceuleneer, G., Monnin, C., Lansac, B., Hoareau, G., & Boulart, C. (2013). Mineralogical assemblages forming at hyperalkaline warm springs hosted on ultramafic rocks: a case study of Oman and Ligurian ophiolites. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(7), 2474-2495.
Chavagnac, V., Ceuleneer, G., Monnin, C., Lansac, B., Hoareau, G., & Boulart, C. (2013). Mineralogical assemblages forming at hyperalkaline warm springs hosted on ultramafic rocks: a case study of Oman and Ligurian ophiolites. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(7), 2474-2495.
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
AmMin 85:242-250
  • 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.
  • Al Wusta Governorate
    • Sayh al Uhaymir
Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
  • Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate
Rajendran, S., & Nasir, S. (2014). ASTER spectral sensitivity of carbonate rocks–Study in Sultanate of Oman. Advances in Space Research, 53(4), 656-673.
  • 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.
  • Dhofar Governorate
Taylor, L. A., Nazarov, M. A., Ivanova, M. A., Patchen, A., Clayton, R. N., & Mayeda, T. K. (2000). Petrology of the Dhofar 019 shergottite. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement, 35, 155.
Russell, S. S., Zipfel, J., Grossman, J. N., & Grady, M. M. (2002). The meteoritical bulletin, no. 86, 2002 July. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 37(S5), A157-A184.
Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
Yukio, I., Makoto, K., Hiroshi, T., Gen, S., Kita, N., Yuichi, M., ... & Gerlind, D. (2006). Petrology of a new basaltic shergottite: Dhofar 378. Antarctic Meteorite Research, 19, 20-44.
Takeda, H., Saiki, K., Ishii, T., & Otsuki, M. (2003, March). Mineralogy of the Dhofar 489 lunar meteorite, crystalline matrix breccia with magnesian anorthositic clasts. In Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts (Vol. 34, p. 1284).
Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 88, 2004 JULY, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39, Axxx–Axxx (2004)
  • Muscat Governorate
    • Bawshar
Gordon Stanger and Colin Neal (1984) A New Occurrence of Suolunite, from Oman. Mineralogical Magazine 48:143-146
Färber, Gunnar (n.d.) Personal Communication, Gunnar Färber Mineralien.
    • Sib
Rajendran, S., & Nasir, S. (2014). ASTER spectral sensitivity of carbonate rocks–Study in Sultanate of Oman. Advances in Space Research, 53(4), 656-673.
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.
Palestine
 
  • West Bank
    • Jericho Governorate
Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.
Qatar
 
Al-Yousef , M. 2003. Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Origin of Quaternary Sabkhas in the Qatar Peninsula, Arabian Gulf. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Southampton University. By Mariam Al-Yousef of Qatar University.
Saudi Arabia
 
  • 'Asir Region
Ma'aden (Saudi Arabian Mining Co.)
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
  • Eastern Province
Bob Massey micromount collection, # GRM 613
  • Mecca Region
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.
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).
Saudi Geological Survey Open-File Report SGS-OF-2004-12, 68 p.
  • Medina Region
Faheha, A. A., Hamidalddin, S. Q., Al-Turkestany, N. A., & Ibraheim, N. M. (2012). Concentrations Of Natural And Man-Made Radioactivity Of Surface Soil In Al-Madinh Al-Monawarah, Western Province of Saudi Arabia. Isotope and Radiation Research, 44(2), 495-504.
    • Ithnayn and Kura Lava Fields
Roobol, M. J., & Camp, V. E. (1991). Geological map of the Cenozoic lava fields of Harrats Khayba. Ithnayen and Kurs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:250000 Geoscience Map GM-131 (and Explanatory Notes), Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Baker, P. E., Brosset, R., Gass, I. G., & Neary, C. R. (1973). Jebel al Abyad: a recent alkalic volcanic complex in western Saudi Arabia. Lithos, 6(3), 291-314.
  • Riyadh Region
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
Atencio, D., Bastos Neto, A.C., Pereira, V.P., Ferron, J.T.M.M., Hoshino, M., Moriyama, T., Watanabe, Y., Miyawaki, R., Coutinho, J.M.V., Andrade, M.B., Domanik, K., Chukanov, N.V., Momma, K., Hirano, H., Tsunematsu, M. (2015): Waimirite-(Y), orthorhombic YF3, a new mineral from the Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil and from Jabal Tawlah, Saudi Arabia: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 767-780.
    • 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
Syria
 
  • As-Suwayda Governorate
Mahfoud, R. F., & Beck, J. N. (1995). Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance of ultramafic inclusions and basanite from southern Syria. International Geology Review, 37(5), 448-470.
Mahfoud, R. F., & Beck, J. N. (1995). Composition, origin, and classification of extrusive carbonatites in rifted southern Syria. International Geology Review, 37(4), 361-378.
  • Homs Governorate
    • Khunayfis
Lucas, J. and Abbas, M. (1989) Uranium in natural phosphorites: the Syrian example. Sciences Géologiques, Bulletin, 42, 3, 223-236.
Abbas, M., Prévôt, L., and Lucas, J. (1985) Some petrological and mineralogical characters of Upper Cretaceous phosphorite in Central Palmyrides, Syria. Sciences Géologiques, Mémoires, 77, 35-39
Turkey
 
  • Adıyaman Province
    • Besni District
Celebi, Hüseyin, Helvaci, Cahit, Uçurum, Ali (2010) Apatite-bearing magnetite deposit of Pinarbasi (Adiyaman): Geological, geochemical and economical potential. Mineral Res. Expl. Bull., 141, 27-52.
  • Bingöl Province
    • Genç District
Econ Geol (1984) 79:354-371
  • Diyarbakir Province
    • Ergani District
      • Ergani
Akinci, O. T. (2009). Ophiolite-hosted copper and gold deposits of Southeastern Turkey: formation and relationship with seafloor hydrothermal processes. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 18(4), 475-509.
  • Gaziantep Province
    • Şehitkamil District
Yıldırım, N., Dönmez, C., Kang, J., Lee, I., Pirajno, F., Yıldırım, E., ... & Chang, S. W. (2016) A magnetite-rich Cyprus-type VMS deposit in Ortaklar: A unique VMS style in the Tethyan metallogenic belt, Gaziantep, Turkey. Ore Geology Reviews, 79, 425-442.
United Arab Emirates
 
  • Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Nikischer, T. (2022) Calcite crystals from Jebel Hafeet. Mineral News, Vol. 38, No. 3
  • Emirate of Fujairah
    • Semail Ophiolite
      • Khawr Fakkan Massif (Khor Fakkan)
        • Bani Hamid area
Gnos, W., Armbruster, T. (2000) Kinoshitalite, Ba(Mg)₃(Al₂Si₂)O10(OH,F)₂, a brittle mica from a manganese deposit in Oman: Paragenesis and crystal chemistry. American Mineralogist 85:1, 242-250.
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
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
 
  • Abyan Governorate
    • Al Wade'a District
Le Bas, M. J. , Ba-bttat, M. A. O., Taylor, R. N., Milton, J. A. , Windley, B. F., and Evins, P. M. (2004) The carbonatite-marble dykes of Abyan Province, Yemen Republic: the mixing of mantle and crustal carbonate materials revealed by isotope and trace element analysis. Mineralogy and Petrology, 82, 105–135.
    • Lawdar District
Le Bas, M. J. , Ba-bttat, M. A. O., Taylor, R. N., Milton, J. A. , Windley, B. F., and Evins, P. M. (2004) The carbonatite-marble dykes of Abyan Province, Yemen Republic: the mixing of mantle and crustal carbonate materials revealed by isotope and trace element analysis. Mineralogy and Petrology, 82, 105–135.
Le Bas, M.J., Ba-bttat, M.A.O., Taylor, R.N., Milton, J.A., Windley, B.F., Evins, P.M. (2004) The carbonatite-marble dykes of Abyan Province, Yemen Republic: the mixing of mantle and crustal carbonate materials revealed by isotope and trace element analysis. Mineralogy and Petrology, 82, 105–135.
  • Al Jawf Governorate
Ansan Wikfs
  • Al Mahrah Governorate
Mondillo, N., Boni, M., Balassone, G., Joachimski, M., & Mormone, A. (2014). The Jabali nonsulfide Zn–Pb–Ag deposit, western Yemen. Ore Geology Reviews, 61, 248-267.
Mattash, M.A., (2008) Geology and geochemistry of the sedimentary-hosted lead-zinc-vanadium-barite prospects in Yemen: International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August 2008, 1 p.
  • Hadhramaut Governorate
Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
 
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