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Peridotite from
Fawakhir Mine, Qift area, Qena Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Peridotite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Peridotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fawakhir Mine, Qift area, Qena Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1268117
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1268117:2
GUID (UUID V4):d61f0ddb-dbb6-4831-90ea-dc9f3812ad7c
Nearest other occurrences of Peridotite
6.2km (3.9 miles) ā“˜Kab Amiri, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
12.4km (7.7 miles) ā“˜Gabal Um Halham, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Basement Complex in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt By SAMIR EL-GABY, OSMAN EL-NADY & A L I KHUDE1R...equivalents of the Dokhan Volcanics. The studied area lies within the foreland fold and thrust belt of...Department of Geology, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt. Geologische Rundschau 73, 3, 1019- 1036, Stuttgart...Meatiq" ~ lqOKpOSOM,,Abu-Ziran". Introduction In Egypt, Precambrian basement crops out in the southwestern...1977); charnockites are also reported from that area. The basement o f the Eastern Desert and Sinai is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pan-African serpentinites from the Eastern Desert of Egypt, with an emphasis on the effect of superimposed...localities in the Eastern Desert of Egypt namely, Abu Fannani, Fawakhir, Barramiya, Ras Shait and Wadi Ghadir...anindicator of the metamorphic grade which is lowest at Fawakhir (greenschist facies) and highest at Abu Fannani...Antigoritization during progressive regional metamorphism at Fawakhir is limited and its M-value is much higher than...emplacement of post-orogenic leucogranites at Fawakhir and Gebel Ghadir. Towards the contact with the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Island-Arc Assemblages, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Petrological and Geochemical Constraints Sherif...Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar...Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiutt 71524, Egypt Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University... Abstract: The Kab Amiri area in the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt comprises ophiolitic rocks...CaO (0.65 wt%), suggesting they are depleted peridotite protoliths (e.g., depleted harzburgites to dunites)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolitic ultramaļ¬c rocks in Eastern Desert of Egypt: implications for petrogenesis and metasomatic processes...University, Zagazig, Egypt; bGeological Sciences Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt ABSTRACT ARTICLE...from three localities in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, namely; Wadi Muweilha, Wadi Arayis and Gabal Kurbiyay...HREE in common with a previously formed abyssal peridotite that later modiļ¬ed in a fore-arc region. The...basement exposures of the Eastern Desert (ED) of Egypt. Few complete successions and many dismembered ophiolitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolitic metaultramafics, central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Evidences from chromites, sulphides and gangues...Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Correspondence Abdelā€Aal M. Abdelā€Karim, Geology...of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt. Email: am_abdelkarim@hotmail.com | Shaimaa A...(~790 Ma) of Um Halham, Fawakhir and Barramiya, central Eastern Desert, Egypt. These ultramafics exhibit...include massive serpentinites (serpentinized peridotite and serpentinite), tremoliteā€talc rocks, talcā€carbonate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neoproterozoic ophiolites in the Eastern Desert of Egypt Adel A. SUROUR Department of Geology, Faculty of...of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt *Corresponding author, e-mail: adelsurour@hotmail.com...Desert of Egypt show different types of contact against the country rocks. At the Fawakhir and Gabal...for the thermal assemblages at the Ghadir and Fawakhir aureoles were constructed assuming a pressure...attained. Key-words: serpentinite; Eastern Desert; Egypt; diffusion metasomatism; thermal aureole; ultramaļ¬c;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pan African Proterozoic ophiolite complexes of Egypt Received: 26 October 1999 / Accepted: 28 June 2000...Desert of Egypt and north-east Sudan. The ultramaĀ®c bodies in the Eastern Desert of Egypt are mostly...podiform chromitites and associated peridotites of Egypt are similar to those of Phanerozoic ophiolites....Institute (CMRDI), P.O. Box 87, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt controlling genesis of the crustĀ±mantle system...African harzburgite is very similar to abyssal peridotite at fast-spreading ridges, and the high-Cr, low-Ti
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Damietta,Damietta, Egypt; bGeology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez University, Suez, Egypt ABSTRACT ARTICLE...the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt, namely Wadi Semnaā€“Fawakhirā€“Um Gheig belt to the north, and Ghadirā€“Mubarakā€“...CONTACT Haytham Sehsah haytham_sehsah@du.edu.eg Egypt Supplemental data for this article can be accessed...suprasubduction zone; Arabian-Nubian shield; Eastern Desert; Egypt Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, The...the lithologic differences, the Eastern Desert of Egypt is divided into three litho-tectonic terranes (Stern
Book
Ā· Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The Geology of Egypt Regional Geology Reviews Series Editors Roland...require when beginning investigations in a particular area and are encouraged to include as much information...Geology of Egypt 123 ā€¢ Editors Zakaria Hamimi Department of Geology Benha University Benha, Egypt JesĆŗs...El-Barkooky Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt Harald Fritz Department of Geology and Environment...El-Rahman Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) Regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Faculty of Science, Benha University, 13518 Benha, Egypt AN 1Department US Basem A. Zoheir1,2,*, Peter...Gold has been mined in the Eastern Desert T of Egypt, in the northwestern part of the ANS, for more than...deposit. Today, Sukari is the single major producing mine in US the Eastern Desert but many other significant... M absolute dates on ore formation, from the Fawakhir and Atalla deposits in the Central ED Eastern...Distribution and genetic characteristics, Eastern Desert, Egypt, Neoproterozoic, Accretionary orogen, Arabian-Nubian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National Research Centre, 12622-Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Email: mokhles72@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Azer, M.K...rocks of the Gabal El-Degheimi area, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, are parts of an ophiolitic section...62ā€“0.79) characteristic of spinels in mantle peridotite that has undergone some degree of partial melting...the mantle peridotites of the Gabal El-Degheimi area are similar to forearc peridotites of suprasubduction...spinel; Fore-arc. INTRODUCTION The basement rocks of Egypt form the western part of the Arabianā€“Nubian shield
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolitic rocks in the Arabianā€“Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid...ophiolitic rocks in the Arabianā€“Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid...ophiolitic rocks in the Arabianā€“Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid...Cairo, Egypt; fGeology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; gDepartment...ultramafics from the Meatiq area of the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt. The samples investigated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volcanic rocks from the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: New insights into the āˆ¼750 Ma crust-forming event...Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El Maadi, Kattamyia, Egypt b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Kareim and Wadi El Dabbah, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. These metavolcanic sequences are representative...tectonic setting and age of metavolcanic rocks in Egypt are poorly understood. Neither has any modern, highquality...particularly in the central part of the Eastern Desert of Egypt (CED; Sultan et al., 1988); a major unconformity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolitic peridotites in south Eastern Desert, Egypt, constrained from primary mantle mineral chemistry...ophiolitic peridotites in the Wadi Arais area, south Eastern Desert of Egypt, represent a part of Neoproterozoic...Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt an intra-grain chemical homogeneity with high Cr#s...Neoproterozoic ophiolites in the Eastern Desert (ED) of Egypt are a part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS); the...setting of ophiolitic peridotites in the ED of Egypt are, therefore, still debated due to scarcity of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Late Proterozoic rocks of El Beida area, south Eastern Desert, Egypt M. A. Obeid, A. M. Hussein and M.... Abdallah Synopsis The El Beida area of the Eastern Desert, Egypt, comprises a wide variety of Late...pockets and quartzā€“carbonate veinlets. The El Beida area is dissected by another northwest thrust fault that...mainly with the early (D1 ) deformation event in the area. The shear zones were affected by two stages of...carbonatized shear zone (SiO 2 <50%) within the obducted area of the serpentinite rocks has a very low Au content
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kargil district, Ladakh Himalaya. The Suru Valley peridotite is partially serpentinised with the preservation...Al3+ā€“Fe3+ exchange with surrounding silicates of host peridotite during alteration. On the basis of present spinel...et al. 2019a). The regional geology of the study area is described in detail in our published papers (Bhat...the Suru Valley ophiolitic slice. The present peridotite samples were obtained from the Suru Valley ophiolitic...Valley ophiolitic slice is mainly composed of peridotite of mantle origin serpentinised to various degrees
Book (volume)
calc-alkaline granites are not evenly distributed and their area 1 2 D. Ī’. S T O E S E R and J. E . E L L I O...1977). The Arabian portion of the shield occupies an area of approximately 2 770,000 km and is composed of...the Arabian Shield shield and are reported from Egypt as well (Schurmann, 1966). They are typically mediumgrained...amounts of granite in the two regions. The increase in area of exposed granite from the central shield to the...plug, and several dikes of shonkinite in the Abha area in the southern part of the Asir region. Farther
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neoproterozoic ophiolite of Wadi Arais area, south Eastern Desert, Egypt Mohamed A. Obeid, Ahmed E. S. Khalil...Neoproterozoic ophiolite of Wadi Arais area, south Eastern Desert, Egypt, International Geology Review, DOI:...Neoproterozoic ophiolite of Wadi Arais area, south Eastern Desert, Egypt Mohamed A. Obeida, Ahmed E. S. Khalilb...University, Fayoum, Egypt; bGeological Sciences Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt ABSTRACT ...dismembered ophiolites in Wadi Arais area of the south Eastern Desert of Egypt are one of a series of Neoproterozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
setting of the Gerf ophiolite, Eastern Desert, Egypt: evidence from mineral chemistry and geochemistry...setting of the Gerf ophiolite, Eastern Desert, Egypt: evidence from mineral chemistry and geochemistry...setting of the Gerf ophiolite, Eastern Desert, Egypt: evidence from mineral chemistry and PT geochemistry...Zagazig, Egypt b Geology Department, faculty of Science, Minia University, 61519, Minia, Egypt NU SC...kilometers in the south Eastern Desert (SED) of Egypt as part of the AllaqiHeiani and Oneib-Sol Hamed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Allaqiā€“Heiani Suture, South Eastern Desert of Egypt K.A. Ali a,d,āŽ, M.K. Azer b, H.A. Gahlan c, S.A...Dokki-Cairo, Egypt Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt d Department...Allaqi segment of the YOSHGAH suture in southernmost Egypt and use these data in conjunction with other age...1988). The Wadi Ghadir ophiolite, Eastern Desert of Egypt (Fig. 1) is composed of layered and isotropic gabbro...characteristics of the gabbro and pillow lavas in Wadi Ghadir area, it was suggested that the ophiolite formed in a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Allaqi-Heiani suture, South Eastern Desert, Egypt M. K. Azer & M. D. Samuel & K. A. Ali & H. A. Gahlan... National Research Centre, 12622-Dokki, Cairo, Egypt e-mail: mokhles72@yahoo.com K. A. Ali Department...Assiut University, Faculty of Science, Assiut 71516, Egypt M. Ren Department of Geological Sciences, University...been studied, especially ophiolites in southern Egypt and NE Sudan. These complications are particularly...Neoproterozoic ophiolites of the ANS are documented from Egypt, Sudan and Saudi Arabia and are suspected to exist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology Department, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt 3 Geological Sciences Department, National Research...Research Centre, Al-Behoos St., 12622-Dokki, Cairo, Egypt 4 Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California...outcrop at Gabal Sirsir, South Eastern Desert, Egypt (northwestern corner of the Arabian-Nubian Shield...LISTWAENITE AND SPINEL EQUILIBRATION IN SERPENTINITES of Egypt, especially listwaenites, have drawn attention because...Sirsir, Wadi Hodein district, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. No detailed petrological or geochemical study of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks from the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt, in terms of stratigraphic relations, chemical compositions...Introduction The Arabianā€“Nubian Shield (ANS) extends from Egypt south to Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia on the western...Rayn Afif Aswan Sudan 20Ėš 400 Km Fig. 1B Egypt 25Ėš 45Ėš Jeddah Gebeit Asir Legend Haya Oceanic...setting Banded iron formation Diamictite HU Egypt 27Ėš Metavolcanic rocks Major city SA Saudi Kareim...sequence with volcanic rocks of similar age in Egypt. We report new geochemical data, Uā€“Pb zircon ages
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ras Salatit ophiolite, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: crustal wehrlites with typical mantle characteristics...Ras Salatit ophiolite, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt. They form either boudinaged lensoidal tabular bodies...Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt e-mail: hjhlan@yahoo.com S. Arai  A. Tamura Department...Oshib (Abdel-Rahman et al. 1990), Sudan; Sol-Hamed, Egypt (Fitches et al. 1983; Gahlan et al., in preparation);...ophiolites. Geological outline The Ras Salatit area is located about 100 km west of Marsa Alam City
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arcā€“back-arc system in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence from supra-subduction zone ophiolites...Department of Geology, Minia University, El-Minia 61519, Egypt a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Neoproterozoic ANS Ophiolites Boninite Arcā€“back-arc Egypt a b s t r a c t Ophiolites are widely distributed...distributed in the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt, occurring as clusters in the northern (NCEDO) and southern...and southern (SED) parts of the Eastern Desert of Egypt (modiļ¬ed from Shackleton, 1994). The major shear
 
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