Albite from Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia
Mecca Region ⓘ Al-Madhiq area	[Oligoclase var. Oligoclase-Albite] 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.
ⓘ Harrat Kishb Volcanic Field	[var. Anorthoclase] Camp, V. E., Roobol, M. J., & Hooper, P. R. (1992). The Arabian continental alkali basalt province: Part III. Evolution of Harrat Kishb, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 104(4), 379-396. Roobol, M. J., & Camp, V. E. (1991). Geologic map of the Cenozoic lava field of Harrat Kishb. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:250000, Geoscience Map GM-132 (with explanatory text). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resource of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. McGUIRE, A. V. (1988). Petrology of mantle xenoliths from Harrat al Kishb: the mantle beneath western Saudi Arabia. Journal of petrology, 29(1), 73-92.
ⓘ Harrat Rahat Lava Field	[var. Andesine] Moufti, M. R., Moghazi, A. M., & Ali, K. A. (2013). 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Neogene-Quaternary Harrat Al-Madinah intercontinental volcanic field, Saudi Arabia: implications for duration and migration of volcanic activity. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 62, 253-268. Camp, V. E., & Roobol, M. J. (1991). Geological Map of Cenozoic Lava Field of Harrat Rahat. Saudi Arabian Deputy Ministry for mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geosciences Map GM-123, scale, 1(250,000). Camp, V. E., & Roobol, M. J. (1989). The Arabian continental alkali basalt province: Part I. Evolution of Harrat Rahat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 101(1), 71-95.
ⓘ 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.