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Plagioclase from Sahara Desert, North Africa

Algeria
 
  • Adrar Province
    • Zaouiet Kounta District
      • In Zghmir
Hutchison, R., Reed, S.J.B., Ash, R.D. & Pillinger, C.T. (1991) Adrar 003: A new extraordinary unequilibrated ordinary chondrite. Meteoritics 26 (4): p. 349. (Dec 1991).
  • BĂ©char Province
    • Abadla District
Vorobyov, Dmitry (2023) Personal Communication.
  • Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province
    • Bordj Badji Mokhtar District
      • Bordj Badji Mokhtar
Bischoff, A., Palme, H., Geiger, T. & Spettel, B. (1992) Mineralogy and Chemistry of the EL-Chondritic Melt Rock Ilafegh-009 (Abstract): LPSC XXIII: page 105. (March 1992)
Wlotzka, F. (ed.) (1991). Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 71. Meteoritics 26 (3): 255-262. (June 1991).
  • In Guezzam Province
    • In Guezzam District
      • Laouni
AugĂ©, T., Joubert, M., & Bailly, L. (2012). Typology of mafic–ultramafic complexes in Hoggar, Algeria: Implications for PGE, chromite and base-metal sulphide mineralisation. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 63, 32-47.
C. Lemanski, Jr. (re-entry lost Mindat data).
  • In Salah Province
    • In Salah District
      • Foggaret Ezzaouia
Krot, A. N., Fagan, T. J., Keil, K., McKeegan, K. D., Sahijpal, S., Hutcheon, I. D., Petaev, M. I. & Yurimoto, H. (2004). Ca,Al-rich inclusions, amoeboid olivine aggregates, and Al-rich chondrules from the unique carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094: I. mineralogy and petrology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (9), 2167-2184. (May 2004).
Wlotzka, F. [Ed.] (1993) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73: Meteoritics 27 (4): 477-483 (Sept 1992)
Bland, P., Hutchison, R., Pillinger, C. T. & Bischoff, A. (1992) A Unique Type 4 Chondrite from the Sahara-Acfer 217: Meteoritics 27 (3): 204. (July1992)
        • Aguemour
Grady, M. M., Pratesi, G., Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press.
  • Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province)
    • Abalessa District
Dautria, J. M., Dostal, J., Dupuy, C., & Liotard, J. M. (1988). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of alkali basalts from Tahalra (Hoggar, Northwest Africa). Chemical Geology, 69(1-2), 17-35.
Dautria, J. M., Liotard, J. M., Cabanes, N., Girod, M., & Briqueu, L. (1987). Amphibole-rich xenoliths and host alkali basalts: petrogenetic constraints and implications on the recent evolution of the upper mantle beneath Ahaggar (Central Sahara, Southern Algeria). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 95(2), 133-144.
Leblanc, M., Dautria, J. M., & Girod, M. (1982). Magnesian ilmenitite xenoliths in a basanite from Tahalra, Ahaggar (Southern Algeria). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 79(4), 347-354
AllÚgre, C. J., Dupré, B., Lambret, B., & Richard, P. (1981). The subcontinental versus suboceanic debate, I Lead-neodymium-strontium isotopes in primary alkali basalts from a shield area the Ahaggar volcanic suite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 52(1), 85-92.
Girod, M., Dautria, J. M., & De Giovanni, R. (1981). A first insight into the constitution of the upper mantle under the Hoggar area (southern Algeria): the lherzolite xenoliths in the alkali-basalts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77(1), 66-73.
    • Tamanrasset District
Bendaoud, A., Ouzegane, K., & Kienast, J. R. (2003). Textures and phase relationships in ferrous granulites from Tidjenouine (Hoggar, Algeria): fayalite–ferrossilite–quartz secondary assemblage. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 37(3), 241-255.
    • Tazrouk District
      • IdlĂšs
Fabre, J. (1976). Introduction à la géologie du Sahara algérien et des régions voisines: La couverture phanérozoïque (Vol. 1). SNED.
Fabre, J. (1976). Introduction à la géologie du Sahara algérien et des régions voisines: La couverture phanérozoïque (Vol. 1). SNED.
Lelubre, M. (1952). Recherches sur la géologie de l'Ahaggar central et occidental: Sahara central. Bulletin du Service de la Carte Geologique de l'Algerie, Ser. 2, 22.
Lelubre, M. (1952). Recherches sur la géologie de l'Ahaggar central et occidental: Sahara central. Bulletin du Service de la Carte Geologique de l'Algerie, Ser. 2, 22.
Remy, J.-M. 1967. Etude geologique et volcanologique du sud-est de l'Amadror en Ahaggar (Sahara Central). Sciences de la Tierre, Memoires, 10. Nancy.
Remy, J.-M. 1967. Etude geologique et volcanologique du sud-est de l'Amadror en Ahaggar (Sahara Central). Sciences de la Tierre, Memoires, 10. Nancy.
Egypt
 
  • Matrouh Governorate
Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41, Nr 8, Supplement, A201–A216 (2006)
  • New Valley Governorate
Methot, R. L. et al., (1975) Mineralogy, petrology and chemistry of the Isna (C3) meteorite. Meteoritics 10 (2): 121-131. (Jun 1975)
  • Qena Governorate
Abd El Monsef, M. (2019) Ore Controls and Metallogenesis of Au‐Ag Deposits at Atalla Mine, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition.
    • Qift area
Yousef, Samar, Oh, Chang Whan, Kawaguchi, Kenta, Abdelkareem, Mohamed (2023) Tectonic Evolution of the Fawakhir Ophiolite, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications for Island Arc Amalgamation and Subduction Polarity during the Neoproterozoic. Minerals, 13 (8) doi:10.3390/min13081022
  • Red Sea Governorate
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).
Mogahed, M. M. (2016). Petrogenesis of cogenetic silica-oversaturated and-undersaturated syenites of Abu Khruq ring complex, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 124, 44-62.
    • Abu Ramad
El Aref, M., Abd El-Rahman, Y., Zoheir, B., Surour, A., Helmy, H. M., Abdelnasser, A., ... & Ibrahim, M. E. A. (2020). Mineral Resources in Egypt (I): Metallic Ores. In The Geology of Egypt (pp. 521-587). Springer, Cham.
El-Wardany, Refaey M., Jiangang Jiao, Basem Zoheir, Mustafa Kumral, Mustafa Kaya, and Amr Abdelnasser. (2023) "Post-Subduction Granite Magmatism and Gold-Sulfide Mineralization in the Abu Zawal (Fatira) Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt" Minerals 13, no. 4: 489. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13040489
Abdelnasser, A., Kumral, M. (2017) The nature of gold-bearing fluids in Atud gold deposit, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt. International Geology Review, 59:15, 1845-1860.
Zoheir, Basem & Weihed, PĂ€r. (2013) Greenstone-hosted lode-gold mineralization at Dungash mine, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.06.002.
Abd El-Fatah, Ahmed A., Surour, Adel A., Azer, Mokhles K., Madani, Ahmed A. (2023) Integration of Whole-Rock Geochemistry and Mineral Chemistry Data for the Petrogenesis of A-Type Ring Complex from Gebel El Bakriyah Area, Egypt. Minerals, 13 (10) doi:10.3390/min13101273
El-Dokouny, Hanaa A., Nasser M. Mahdy, Hany H. El Hadek, Mabrouk Sami, Rainer Abart, Mohamed S. Ahmed, Tehseen Zafar, and Ioan V. Sanislav. (2023) "Origin of Amphibole-Biotite-Fluorite-Rich Enclaves from Gabal El-Ineigi Fluorite-Bearing Granite, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: Insights into Fluoride–Calcium and Silicate Liquid Immiscibility" Minerals 13, no. 5: 670. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13050670
Sami, M., Ntaflos, T., Farahat, E.S., Mohamed, H.A., Ahmed, A.F., Hauzenberger, C. (2017): Mineralogical, geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopes characteristics of fluorite-bearing granites in the Northern Arabian-Nubian Shield, Egypt: Constraints on petrogenesis and evolution of their associated rare metal mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews: 88: 1-22
(2017)
Emad, Bahaa M., M. I. Sayyed, Hamoud H. Somaily, and Mohamed Y. Hanfi. (2022) "Natural Radioactivity and Radiological Hazard Effects from Granite Rocks in the Gabal Qash Amir Area, South Eastern Desert, Egypt" Minerals 12, no. 7: 884. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12070884
Helmy, H.M., and Mogessie, A. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 58-71.
Sharara, N. A., Wilson, G. C., & Rucklidge, J. C. (1999). Platinum-group elements and gold in Cu-Ni-mineralized peridotite at Gabbro Akarem, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Canadian Mineralogist, 37(5), 1081-1098.
Feteha, B. F., Lentz, D. R., El Bouseily, A. M., Khalil, K. I., Khamis, H. A., & Moghazi, A. K. M. (2022). Petrogenesis of neoproterozoic Mo-bearing A-type granites in the Gattar area, northern Eastern Desert, Egypt: Implications for magmatic evolution and mineralization processes. Ore Geology Reviews, 148, 105007.
Helmy, H. M., & Kaindl, R. Mineralogy and fluid inclusion study of the molybdenum-uranium-fluorite deposit, Gebel Gattar area, Eastern Desert, Egypt.
Helmy, H. M. (2005). Melonite group minerals and other tellurides from three Cu–Ni–PGE prospects, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Ore Geology Reviews, 26(3-4), 305-324.
Mona Kabesh, Asran M. Asran and Ezzat Abdel Rahman (2012) Mineral chemistry of banded migmatites from Hafafit and Feiran areas, Egypt. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 1866-7511:1-13
M. Hassaan, A. El-Mezayen, Mervat S. Hassan, T. Ramadan and H. El-Desoky (2009) On the Metamorphism of Hafafit Sillimanite-bearing Pelitic Schists, Nubian Shield: Geochemical and Mineralogical Contributions. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3(1): 229-253
Taalab, Sherif A., Ahmed M. Abdel-Rahman, Hamada El-Awny, Hamdy A. Awad, Hesham M. H. Zakaly, Wael Fahmy, and Antoaneta Ene. (2023) "Petrogenesis and Tectonic Evolution of Kab Amiri Ophiolites and Island-Arc Assemblages, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Petrological and Geochemical Constraints" Minerals 13, no. 4: 528. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13040528
    • Northeastern Desert
Shalaby, M., Osman, A., Ali, M., Ahamed, F., & Ali, B. (2002). Radioactive Mineralization in Pegmatites, of Dara-Um Swassi, Area North Eastern Desert, Egypt. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Earth Sciences, 50(1), 51-66.
    • Port Safaga area
Hassan, T., Hassan, A., Amron, T., El-Taky, M., (2015): Geochemistry, Tectonic Setting and Geotechnical Properties of Safaga Dokhan Volcanics, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Late Neoproterozoic Magmatism. Mineralogia Special Papers: 44: 42
El-Feky, Mohamed G. (2010) Mineralogy and radioactivity of pegmatites from South Wadi Khuda area, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry
Raslan, Mohamed F.
Ali, Mohamed A.
Vol. 29 Issue 4, p343
Abed, Neveen S., Mohamed G. El Feky, Atef El-Taher, Ehab El Sayed Massoud, Mahmoud R. Khattab, Mohammed S. Alqahtani, El Sayed Yousef, and Mohamed Y. Hanfi. (2022) "Geochemical Conditions and Factors Controlling the Distribution of Major, Trace, and Rare Elements in Sul Hamed Granitic Rocks, Southeastern Desert, Egypt" Minerals 12, no. 10: 1245. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101245
El Monsef, M. A., Salem, I., SlobodnĂ­k, M., & Ragab, A. (2018). Fluid evolution of Au-Cu zones in Um Balad area, North Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications from mineral chemistry and fluid inclusions. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 143, 321-338.
El-Desoky, Hatem M., Ahmed M. Abdel-Rahman, Antoaneta Ene, Ahmed E. Khalil, Wael Fahmy, Hesham M. H. Zakaly, and Hamdy A. Awad. (2022) "Origin and Heavy Metals of Plagio-Granites in Egyptian Shield Oceanic Complexes: A Case Study of Abu Dabbab Area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt" Minerals 12, no. 9: 1093. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12091093
    • Wadi Allaqi district
Zoheir, B. A. (2008). Structural controls, temperature–pressure conditions and fluid evolution of orogenic gold mineralisation at the Betam mine, south Eastern Desert, Egypt. Mineralium Deposita, 43(1), 79-95.
Raslan, M. F., Ali, M. A., & El-Feky, M. G. (2010). Mineralogy and radioactivity of pegmatites from South Wadi Khuda area, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 29(4), 343-354.
    • Wadi Nugrus
Abdel Gawad, Ahmed E., Antoaneta Ene, Sergey G. Skublov, Alexandra K. Gavrilchik, Mohamed A. Ali, Mohamed M. Ghoneim, and Aleksey V. Nastavkin. (2022) "Trace Element Geochemistry and Genesis of Beryl from Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert, Egypt" Minerals 12, no. 2: 206. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020206
Ibrahim, M. E., Saleh, G. M., Dawood, N. A., & Aly, G. M. (2013). Ocellar lamprophyre dyke bearing mineralization, Wadi Nugrus, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Geology, mineralogy and geochemical implications. Journal of Geology and Mining Research, 2(4), 74-86.
    • Wadi Sikait
El Aref, M., Abd El-Rahman, Y., Zoheir, B., Surour, A., Helmy, H. M., Abdelnasser, A., ... & Ibrahim, M. E. A. (2020). Mineral Resources in Egypt (I): Metallic Ores. In The Geology of Egypt (pp. 521-587). Springer, Cham.
Libya
 
  • Jabal al Gharbi District
    • Gharyan Volcanic Field
Lustrino, M., Cucciniello, C., Melluso, L., Tassinari, C. C., dĂš Gennaro, R., & Serracino, M. (2012). Petrogenesis of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the NW sector of the Gharyan volcanic field, Libya. Lithos, 155, 218-235.
    • Hamadah al Hamra
Grady, M. M., Pratesi, G., Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press.
Connolly Jr, HC & 11 others (2006). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 90, 2006 September. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41(9): 1383-1418. (Sept 2006).
Grady, M. M., Pratesi, G., Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press.
  • Jufra District
    • Dar al Gani
Ikeda, Y., Prinz, M. & Nehru, C. E. (2000) Lithic and mineral clasts in the Dar Al Gani (DAG) 319 polymict ureilite: Antarctic Meteorite Research. Twenty-fourth Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites, NIPR Symposium No. 13., Editor in Chief, Takeo Hirasawa. National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo. pp.177-221. (Mar 2000).
Meteoritical Bull. 84 (Aug.2000)
Folco, L., Burbine, T. H. & D'Orazio, M. (2005) Surface mineralogy changes induced by impact melting on ordinary chondritic parent asteroids: clues from the DaG 896 meteorite. Memorie della SocietĂ  Astronomica Italiana Supplement, vol 6: 116-121. (2005).
Zhang, A.-C. & Yurimoto, H. (2013). Petrography and mineralogy of the ungrouped type 3 carbonaceous chondrite Dar al Gani 978. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 48 (9): 1651–1677. (Sept 2013)
  • Kufra District
Conticelli, S., Manetti, P., Capaldi, G. & Poli, G. 1995. Petrology, mineralogy and isotopes in olivine mela-nephelinites, basanites and carbonatites from Uwaynat region, south east Libya: inferences on their genesis. Africa Geoscience Review, 2, 227-245.
Hunting Geology and Geophysics Limited 1974. Geology of the Jabal Al Uwaynat area, Libyan Arab Republic. Report to Industrial Research Centre, Department of Geological Research and Mining, Tripoli. Boreham Wood, U.K. (unpublished).
  • Wadi al Shatii District
BUSREWIL, M. T., & OUN, K. M. (1991). Geochemistry of the Tertiary alkaline rocks of Jabal al Hasawinah, west central Libya. In Symposium on the geology of Libya (pp. 2587-2598).
Mauritania
 
  • Adrar Region
    • Atar
Lenaz, Davide, Henrik Skogby, Nicola Rigonat, and Julien Berger. (2018) "Following the Amphibolite to Greenschist Metamorphic Path through the Structural Parameters of Spinels from Amsaga (Mauritania)" Minerals 8, no. 1: 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8010027
Berger, J., Diot, H., Lo, K., Ohnenstetter, D., FĂ©mĂ©nias, O., Pivin, M., ... & Charlier, B. (2013). Petrogenesis of Archean PGM-bearing chromitites and associated ultramafic–mafic–anorthositic rocks from the Guelb el Azib layered complex (West African craton, Mauritania). Precambrian Research, 224, 612-628.
    • Chinguetti
Mittlefehldt, D. W., McCoy, T. J., Goodrich, C. A. & Kracher, A. (1998). Non-chondritic meteorites from asteroidal bodies. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J. [Ed.]): Chapter 4, 195 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA.
Floran, R. J. (1978) Silicate petrography, classification, and origin of the mesosiderites - Review and new observations. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Proceedings XI. Vol. 1, 1053-1081: New York, Pergamon Press, Inc.
  • Inchiri Region
    • Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux)
Kolb, J., Sakellaris, G. A., & Meyer, F. M. (2006). Controls on hydrothermal Fe oxide–Cu–Au–Co mineralization at the Guelb Moghrein deposit, Akjoujt area, Mauritania. Mineralium Deposita, 41(1), 68-81.
  • Tagant Region
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
  • Tiris Zemmour Region
    • Ain Ben Tili
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
    • Bir Moghrein
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
    • Blekhzaymat
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.
  • Trarza Region
    • Bir Allah
Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D., Marsh, Erin E., Anderson, Eric D. (2015) Database of mineral deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverables 90 and 91) Open-File Report, 2013 (1280-S) US Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr20131280s
Morocco
 
  • LaĂąyoune-Sakia El Hamra Region
    • Boujdour Province
      • Jraifia Cercle
Wittmann, A. et al. (2015): LPS XLVI, Abstract #1141.
Wittmann, A. et al. (2014): M & PS, 49, A437
    • Es Semara Province
      • Es Semara Cercle
        • Jdiriya
Rubin, A. E., Zolensky, M. E. & Bodnar, R. J. (2002) The halite-bearing Zag and Monahans (1998) meteorite breccias: Shock metamorphism, thermal metamorphism and aqueous alteration on the H-chondrite parent body. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 37( 1) pp. 125-141 (Jan 2002)
    • Tarfaya Province
      • Daoura-El Hagounia Cercle
        • El Hagounia CaĂŻdat
Harold C. Connally, Jr. & 7 others (2007). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 92, 2007 September. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42, 1647-1694.
  • Souss-Massa Region
    • Tata Province
      • Fam El Hisn
(n.d.)
Niger
 
  • Agadez
    • AĂŻr Mountains
Leger, J. M. (1985). GĂ©ologie et Ă©volution magmatique du complexe plutonique d'Iskou (AĂŻr, Niger). Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 89-96. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90026-0
Karche, J. P., & Vachette, M. (1978). Age et migration de l'activite magmatique dans les complexes paleozoiques du Niger
consequences. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 7(6), 941-953. doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-XX.6.941
Moreau, C. 1987. Les complexes anorogéniques å suite anorthositique de l'Aïr (Niger): contribution à l'étude des anorthosites. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 8(3), 115-122.
    • Arlit
Brown, W. L., Moreau, C., & Demaiffe, D. (1989). An anorthosite suite in a ring-complex: crystallization and emplacement of an anorogenic type from Abontorok, AĂŻr, Niger. Journal of Petrology, 30(6), 1501-1540. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/30.6.1501
Husch, J. M., & Moreau, C. (1982). Geology and major element geochemistry of anorthositic rocks associated with Paleozoic hypabyssal ring complexes, Air massif, Niger, West Africa. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 14(1-2), 47-66. doi.org/10.1016/0377-0273(82)90042-7
Karche, J. P. & Moreau, C. (1977). NOTE PRELIMINAIRE SUR LE MASSIF SUBVOLCANIQUE A STRUCTURE ANNULAIRE D'ABONTOROK (AIR-NIGER). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 284D, 1259-1262.
Moreau, C. 1987. Les complexes anorogéniques å suite anorthositique de l'Aïr (Niger): contribution à l'étude des anorthosites. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 8(3), 115-122.
Moreau, C., Ohnenstetter, D., Diot, H., Demaiffe, D., Brown, W. L., Baer, G., & Heimann, A. (1995). Emplacement of the Meugueur-Meugueur cone-sheet (Niger, W. Africa), one of the world's largest igneous ring-structures. Physics and Chemistry of Dykes, 41-49.
Moreau, C., Demaiffe, D., Bellion, Y., & Boullier, A. M. (1994). A tectonic model for the location of Palaeozoic ring complexes in Air (Niger, West Africa). Tectonophysics, 234(1-2), 129-146. doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(94)90208-9
Moreau, C., Brown, W., Demaiffe, D., Dupont, P. L., & Rocci, G. (1986). Un des plus grands ring-dykes du monde: le Meugueur-Meugueur, massif de l'Aïr, République du Niger. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2, Mécanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'univers, Sciences de la Terre, 302(5), 223-226.
Husch, J. M., & Moreau, C. (1982). Geology and major element geochemistry of anorthositic rocks associated with Paleozoic hypabyssal ring complexes, Air massif, Niger, West Africa. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 14(1-2), 47-66. doi.org/10.1016/0377-0273(82)90042-7
Bowden, P., Van Breemen, O., Hutchinson, J., & Turner, D. C. (1976). Palaeozoic and Mesozoic age trends for some ring complexes in Niger and Nigeria. Nature, 259(5541), 297-299. doi.org/10.1038/259297a0
Bourot-Denise, M., Zanda, B. & M. Javoy, M. (2012) Tafassasset: An Equilibrated CR Chondrite. 33rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 11-15, 2002, Houston, Texas, abstract no.1611. (Mar 2012).
Russell, S.S., Zipfel, J., Grossman, J.N. & Grady, M.M. (2002). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 86, 2002 July. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 37 (7,Suppl.): pp. A157-A184. (July 2002).
POUCLET, A., & BAUBRON, J. (1988). le volcanisme cénozoïque du Niger oriental, relations géochronologiques, magmatiques et structurales des phases d'activité. Publication occasionnelle-Centre international pour la formation et les échanges géologiques, (15), 188-192.
Pouclet, A., & Karche, J. P. (1988). Petrology and geochemistry of the Cenozoic volcanism in Eastern Niger (West Africa). In UNESCO UISG 227, Mesozoic to Present-day Magmatism of the African Plate and its Structural Setting (pp. 194-195).
Black, R., Jaujou, M. & Pellaton, C. 1967. Notice explicative sur la carte geologique de l'AĂŻr Ă  l'Ă©chelle du 1/500000. Direction des Mines et de la Geologie. Republique du Niger.
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North Africa
 
  • Sahara Desert
Owocki, K. & MuszyƄcki, A. (2012) Shock veins in the Sahara 02500 ordinary chondrite. Geologos 18 (2): 111-118.
Mikouchi, T., McKay, G., Le, L. & Mittlefehldt, D. W. (200O) Preliminary Examination of Sahara 99555: Mineralogy and Experimental Studies of a New Angrite (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI. abstract no. 1970. (March 2000)
Sudan
 
  • Northern State
Russell, S.S., Zolensky, M., Righter, K., Folco, L., Jones, R., Connolly, H.C. Jnr., Gradt, M.M., Grossman, J.N. (2005) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 89, 2005 September. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40, Nr 9, Supplement, A201–A263.
  • Red Sea
    • Red Sea Hills
T. Reischmann and A. Kröner (1994) Late proterozoic island arc volcanics from Gebeit, Red Sea Hills, north-east Sudan, International Journal of Earth Sciences.
  • River Nile
Kimura, M., Weisberg, M. K., Takaki, A., Imae, N., & Yamaguchi, A. (2021). An Almahata Sitta EL3 fragment: implications for the complex thermal history of enstatite chondrites. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 8(1), 1-12.
Bischoff, A., Horstmann, M., Barrat, J-A., Chaussidon, M., Pack, A., Herwartz, D., Ward, D., Vollmer, C.& Decker D. (2014) Trachyandesitic volcanism in the early Solar System: Proceedings National Academy Science 111 (35): 12689-12692.
Addi Bischoff, Mariam Horstmann, Andreas Pack, Matthias Laubstein & Siegfried Haberer (2010). Asteroid 2008 TC3—Almahata Sitta: A spectacular breccia containing many different ureilitic and chondritic lithologies. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45, (#10-11), 1638-1657-1667. (Oct-Nov 2010).
Adam, Mohammed S.M., Babikir, Khalid A., Kim, YoungJae, Park, Maeng-Eon, F.H. Orellana, Jose, Kim, Young-Seog (2024) Geology and structural setting of the undiscovered Amgififa volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit in the southwestern part of the Haya Terrane, Arabian-Nubian Shield, Sudan. Ore Geology Reviews, 167. 105969 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105969
  • South Darfur
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Western Sahara
 
  • al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a (Saguia el Hamra)
    • Dchira
Meteoritical Society Abstracts (2001)
 
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