Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Microcline |
Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Porphyry quarries, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 509377 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:509377:9 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 3bb873eb-5a17-4962-bbab-e3a0b5a6814d |
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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77.6km (48.2 miles) | ⓘLahonry quarry, Couvin, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium |
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| Makovicky, Emil, Frei, Robert, Karup-Møller, Sven, Bailey, John C. (2016) Imperial Porphyry from Gebel Abu Dokhan, the Red Sea Mountains, Egypt Part I. Mineralogy, petrology and occurrence. Neues Jahrbuch f??r Mineralogie - Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geoche, 193 (1) 1-27 doi:10.1127/njma/2015/0289 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | published in print January 2016 Article Imperial Porphyry from Gebel Abu Dokhan, the Red Sea Mountains,...Imperial Porphyry was quarried from Mons Porphyrites in the Red Sea Mountains of Egypt. The porphyry, reserved...apatite – are always altered. The red colour of the porphyry stems from alteration of phenocrysts and groundmass...relics consist of plagioclase (An2 – 47) and microcline (< 5 – 6 % Ab); they recrystallized during alteration...Imperial Porphyry to their Egyptian source. Elemental and isotope geochemistry of the Imperial Porphyry is |
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