Locality type:

Complex

Classification

Species:

'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

K(Fe²⁺/Mg)₂(Al/Fe³⁺/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH/F)₂

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Uyaynah carbonatite, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

846348

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:846348:7

GUID (UUID V4):

01ba4626-c8e5-431d-9891-d8144f236456

Nearest other occurrences of Biotite

45.6km (28.3 miles)

ⓘ Masfut Complex, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

References

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.

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	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 doi:10.1093/petrology/32.6.1143	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Extrusive Carbonatites from the Uyaynah Area, United Arab Emirates by A. R. WOOLLEY 1 , M. W. C. BARR..., F. WALL 1 , AND C. T. WILLIAMS 1 1 Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell...Carbonatites occur in the Uyaynah area, United Arab Emirates, within a tectonic window of oceanic metasediments...the Semail Ophiolite Complex at the northern end of the Oman Mountains. The carbonatites form conformable... Alkali amphiboles, biotite, chlorite, and allanite were produced as a result of metamorphism but otherwise
	Nasir, S., Hanna, S., Hajari, S. (2003) The petrogenetic association of carbonatite and alkaline magmatism: constraints from the Masfut-Rawda Ridge, Northern Oman Mountains. Mineralogy and Petrology, 77 (3) 235-258 doi:10.1007/s00710-002-0198-z	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	1007/s00710-002-0198-z The petrogenetic association of carbonatite and alkaline magmatism: constraints from the...Hajari1 1 2 Department of Geology, The University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar Department of Earth Sciences, Sultan...Editorial handling: M. Okrusch Summary A new occurrence of carbonatites associated with intrusive ijolite and...the Semail Ophiolite Complex at the southern part of the Rawda-Masfut ridge, Northern Oman Mountains....carbonatites occur as dikes and sills with lengths of several hundreds of meters and range in composition from calciocarbonatites

Biotite from Uyaynah carbonatite, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Biotite from
Uyaynah carbonatite, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates