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Quartz from
Khushaym Matruk, Amman Governorate, Jordan


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Khushaym Matruk, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1095715
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1095715:0
GUID (UUID V4):b5f19061-f5b4-497b-9441-86ff45d66d77
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
25.9km (16.1 miles) Jordan Areva Resources, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
40.6km (25.2 miles) Daba, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
99.2km (61.6 miles) Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
References
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Isotopic (C,O) study of the Khushaym Matruk natural analogue (central Jordan) Serge Fourcade a,*, Laurent...Department of Geology, University of Jordan, P.O. Box 17167, Amman 11942, Jordan Received 12 October 2005; accepted...online 30 March 2007 Abstract The Khushaym Matruk site in central Jordan may represent a natural analogue...reduction, both in fractures and matrixes. The Khushaym Matruk site may have some bearing to the early life...if K is available in the system. K-feldspar and quartz are dissolved and secondary phases, most frequently
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1400071 CALCIUM URANIUM OXIDE MINERALS FROM CENTRAL JORDAN: ASSEMBLAGES, CHEMISTRY, AND ALTERATION PRODUCTS...Department of Geology, The University of Jordan, AmmanJordan 11942 ELLA V. SOKOL Sobolev Institute...marbles of the Tulul Al Hammam area in central Jordan, 60 km east of the Dead-Sea – Jordanian Transform...varicoloured marble, combustion metamorphism, central Jordan. INTRODUCTION A series of primary Ca-U(VI) oxide...metamorphic rocks in the Daba-Siwaqa area, central Jordan § Corresponding author e-mail: khouryhn@ju.edu
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the Palestinian Authority) and its equivalent in Jordan were considered to have formed between 16 and 3...high-pH waters in the Hatrurim outcrop of north Jordan suggests vein formation in an alkaline environment...the Palestinian Authority and its equivalent in Jordan (Fig. 1a) has for several decades been recognized...map of the Mottled Zone outcrops in Israel and Jordan (after Burg et al., 1999). (b) Map of the Hatrurim...younger age of the veins were presented for the MZ in Jordan (see below, Section 4.3). The purpose of the current
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REVIEW Uranium minerals of central Jordan H. N. Khoury Downloaded by [McMaster University] at 04:12...marl/travertine, and/or saprolite/top soil of central Jordan. Tyuyamunite Ca(UO2)2V5þ 2 O8z3(H2O)–strelkinite...on Geology and uranium resources of the Central Jordan area Introduction Unusual surface uranium mineralisation...mineralisation covers large areas in central Jordan (Khan Ez-Zabib and Siwaqa). The minerals are hosted...The northern boundaries are located 25km south of Amman. The studied area is situated E36u 009 to 36u 159
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known analogue sites are located in Jordan, at Maqarin and Khushaym Matruk (Khoury et al., 1985; Alexander...O ! K0:6 Mg0:25 Al2:3 Si3:5 O10 ðOHÞ2 þ 8Hþ 3þ Quartz Pyrite 18.88 3 þ 2Al þ þ10:4H2 O ! 3CaO  Al2...composition of the argillite is as follows: calcite, quartz, montmorilloniteCa, illite, kaolinite and pyrite...carried out at thermodynamic equilibrium. Only quartz is controlled by a kinetic law of dissolution and...0.8 1.3 Porosity De (m2/s) Kinetics rate for quartz (dissolution and precipitation): 1  10 Na K Ca
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“Mottled Zone”) is a unique rock complex in Israel and Jordan, which is composed mainly of high-temperature–low-pressure...crops out in central and southern Israel and in Jordan (Fig. 1). Its protolith was apparently deposited...1967; Burg et al., 1992; Hirsch et al., 2008) and Jordan (Heimbach and Rösch, 1980; Khoury et al., 1992;...Zone (Hatrurim Formation) outcrops in Israel and Jordan (after Burg et al., 1999). Right: the protoliths...are: authigenic pyrite, secondary gypsum, detrital quartz and authigenic feldspar (Shirav (Schwartz) and
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sides of the Dead Sea Transform, in Israel and Jordan, within Upper Cretaceous marine, calcareous sediments...outcrops of the Mottled Zone sequence in Israel and Jordan, as well as hydrocarbon seeps. SOKOl ET Al.:...well as in the Daba-Siwaqa and Khyshaym Matruk complexes in Jordan. In addition to volkonskoite, the veins...Abbreviations: Ett = ettringite, CF2 = calcium ferrite. Jordan where Cr mineralization is associated with ongoing...measured in the leached Ca-rich CM rocks of Khyshaym Matruk, another Jordanian MZ complex (Elie et al. 2007)
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dikes is composed of wellsorted and wellrounded quartz sand. The cement of these hard rocks contains hydroxylapophyllite...concrete production from quartz sands and industrial alkaline cements. The quartz grains exhibit a variety...interactions between alkaline solutions (Na, K, and Ca), quartz sand, and atmospheric CO2. In addition, this study...The rocks are hard and mostly composed of rounded quartz sand (Fig. 1). The source for such 1436 CLASTIC...0 CaO Na2O 13.5−26.0 <0.1−0.3 K2O 0.1−0.5 Quartz (Q), calcite (Сat) (±opal/chalcedony (Op) ± zeolite)
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consisting of Cretaceous marine carbonates, marl, and quartz sand. The paralavas inherit high Sr, P, and U enrichments...bituminous and apatite-rich chalks. The presence of quartz arenite in the protolith is responsible for relatively...53–60 wt.% chalk, 5–14 wt.% marl, and 27–44 wt.% quartz arenite. The history of mud volcanism at Nabi Musa...1996; Nissenbaum and Goldberg, 1980). Having found quartz sand among the Nabi Musa rocks, we 1068-7971/$...The objective of this study is to check whether quartz sand of the Lower Cretaceous Kurnub Group was involved
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2006). In nature, the Maqarin and Khushaym Matruk sites (Jordan) appear to be unique analogues in that...wt.%) accompanied by minor amounts of feldspars, quartz, amphiboles, pyroxenes, biotite, zeolites, disordered...alumina since dissolution of amorphous silica and quartz, present in bentonite, is also expected under the...possibility of finding divalent cations in the structure. Quartz and feldspar were not detected by XRD after 613...cement pore waters from the Maqarin area of northern Jordan. I: introduction to the site. J. Geochem. Explor
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designed quality. The material is free from coarse quartz or feldspars, which would otherwise produce belite...natural clinker and its mineral No relatively coarse quartz and/or feldspar grains (≥44 μm); well mixed raw...Cretaceous– Early Tertiary Belqa Group, central Jordan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology...Isotopic (C, O) study of the Khushaym Matruk natural analogue (Central Jordan). Applied Geochemistry, 22...spontaneously combusted marls. The Maqarin cement analogue, Jordan, p. 1515–1518. In Proceedings of the 7th Symposium
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crystal was fixed in a 0.1 mm (outer diameter) fused quartz capillary. The X-ray diffraction data collection...formation: Case study of the Khushaym Matruk natural analogue (Central Jordan). J. Geochem. Explor. 2006...D. Calcium uranium oxide minerals from Central Jordan: Assemblages, chemistry, and alteration products
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the interface of the phase with microcrystalline quartz. Red- to black-colored precipitates of vorlanite...microcrystalline quartz. Similar O-isotope compositions of opal-CT and associated microcrystalline quartz indicate...composition between uraniferous opals/microcrystalline quartz, the SiO2 polymorph moganite, and pyrolusite indicate...indicate that assemblages of opal and microcrystalline quartz can retain U for millions of years as long as confined...spaces between different generations of opal and quartz or between growth features of opal provide space
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Transjordan ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 Plateau in Jordan (Fig. 1A). Separate outcrops make up the Hatrurim...in Israel, and Daba-Siwaga about 300 33 km2 in Jordan (Novikov et al., 2013). The complex covers the...types of concrete. The Maqarin and Daba sites in Jordan are under study as 70 analogues of concrete-filled...horizon in most Hatrurim complexes in Israel and Jordan. 88 Considering the weak or, lack of reaction...clastic dikes (Fig. 3). The clastic dykes are rich in quartz sand and contain 99 numerous fragments of different
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range of d18O values between 29.7‰ and 35.3‰. For quartz veins occurring at the top of the bedrock and at...serpentinization could be the source(s) of heat needed to form quartz veins under such conditions. Ó 2016 Elsevier Ltd...Caledonia (Fig. 1), numerous magnesite (MgCO3), quartz and amorphous silica veins occur at Fig. 1. Simplified...fluid inclusions included in quartz. They identified two generations of quartz, respectively crystallized...and represent transported relicts of dismantled quartz occurrences. It is consequently difficult to place
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sediments of the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation, Jordan: Mineralogical and geochemical evidences for Zn...sediments of the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation, Jordan: Mineralogical and geochemical evidences for Zn...Sediments of the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation, Jordan: Mineralogical and Geochemical Evidences for Zn...Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia The University of Jordan, Amman, 11942 Jordan 3 N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute...e Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation (MCM) (central Jordan) deposited on the southern Neo-Tethys epicontinental
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composed by calcite and zeolites, which cemented the quartz sand and clast of the below sediments. They commonly...large crystals (300-600 µm) of a SiO2 polymorph (quartz and/or tridymite) are well shown (Fig. 1, Fig S2)...low-temperature calcite, zeolite-supergroup minerals, quartz and rare bassanite (or anhydrite) (Fig. S1-S2,...minerals such as calcite, zeolite-supergroup minerals, quartz and Ca-sulfates (Fig. S2-S3, Table S2). The classic...temperature mineralization in Maqarin area, North Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie – Abhandlungen
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Zone) in Israel (Judean and Negev Deserts) and Jordan (Transjordanian Plateau), are strikingly similar...restricted areas in the vicinity of the Dead Sea-Jordan Transform. It mainly consists of diverse sedimentary...undoubtedly belong to the tectonic system of the Dead Sea-Jordan Transform [11,46,65,68,69], which is a prominent...faulted and fractured damage zones of the Dead Sea-Jordan Transform are meters to hundreds of meters wide...[62]. Their stratigraphic equivalents Ghareb in Jordan appear as bioproductive marls of the Taqiye Fm
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“Mottled Zone”, MZ) in the territories of Israel and Jordan. All Hatrurim Fm. occurrences are localized along...mainly composed of calcite and zeolite, which cement quartz sand particles and clasts of the underlying sediments...temperature mineralization in Maqarin area, North Jordan. N. Jb. Mineral. Abh. 1982, 144, 197–213. [CrossRef]...formation: Case study of the Khushaym Matruk natural analogue (Central Jordan). J. Geochem. Explor. 2006
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Combustion Metamorphic Marbles, Daba Complex, Central Jordan: Paragenesis, Chemistry, and Structure Ella V....Department of Geology, the University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan; khouryhn@yahoo.com South Urals Federal...marly sediments were found in marbles from central Jordan. Their precursor sediments contain Se- and Ni-enriched...Zn, U) [4,14,17–22]. The CM marbles of central Jordan were derived mainly from the Belqa Group Maastrichtian–Early...spurrite-fluorapatite CM marbles from a site in central Jordan locally known as Tulul al Hammam. The rocks bear
 
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