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Rhyolite from
Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Type:Rhyolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhyolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1365645
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1365645:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhyolite
30.8km (19.1 miles) ā“˜Wadi Sibrit-Urf Abu Hamam District, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
61.7km (38.4 miles) ā“˜Maaqal deposit, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
63.2km (39.3 miles) ā“˜Igla granite, Gabal Igla Ahmr, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
74.1km (46.1 miles) ā“˜Um Safi, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
77.5km (48.2 miles) ā“˜Helgate prospect (Hilgit deposit), Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
79.1km (49.2 miles) ā“˜Wadi Abu Dabbab, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
94.0km (58.4 miles) ā“˜Um Rus Mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Akaad, M.K. & El-Ramly, M.F. 1962. The nepheline-syenite ring complex of Gebel Abu Khruq (South-eastern desert of Egypt). Geological Survey of Egypt, Paper, 14.
El Ramly, M.F., Budanov, V.I. & Hussein, A.A.A. 1971. The alkaline rocks of south-eastern Egypt. Geological Survey of Egypt, Paper, 53.
El Ramly, M. F., Dereniuk, N. E., Budanov, V. I., Armanious, L. K., & Hayek, G. G. (1969). A petrological study on the central part of the Gabal Abu Khruq ring complex. Geol Surv Egypt, Paper, (51).
Meneisy, M. Y., & MY, M. (1974). POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF NEPHELINE SEYENITE RING COMPLEXES IN EGYPT. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Hannover, D9, 33-39.
Gindy, A. R., AR, G., SO, K., EL RAMLY, M. F., & AI, A. (1978). Contributions to the petrochemistry and geochemistry of the alkaline rocks of Gabal Abu Khruq and Gabal El-Nuhud, South-Eastern Desert, Egypt. Chemie der Erde, 37, 285-301.
Serencsits, C. M., CM, S., KA, F., & El Ramly, M. F. (1979). Alkaline ring complexes in Egypt: their ages and relationship to tectonic development of the Red Sea. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 9, 102-116.
El-Ramly, M. F., & Hussein, A. A. (1982). The alkaline ring complexes of Egypt. Geol. Surv. Egypt, Paper, 63.
Omar, G.I., Kohn, B.P., Lutz, T.M., Faul, H. (1987) The cooling history of Silurian to Cretaceous alkaline ring complexes, south Eastern Desert, Egypt, as revealed by fission-track analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 83 (1) 94-108 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(87)90054-9
Soliman, M. M. (1987). The younger granites and ring complexes of the Southeastern Desert of Egypt and their relation to mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 6(5), 745-754. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(87)90010-8
Lutz, T. M., Foland, K. A., Faul, H., & Srogi, L. (1988). The strontium and oxygen isotopic record of hydrothermal alteration of syenites from the Abu Khruq complex, Egypt. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 98(2), 212-223. doi.org/10.1007/BF00402113
Landoll, J. D., Foland, K. A., Henderson, C. M. B. (1994) Nd isotopes demonstrate the role of contamination in the formation of coexisting quartz and nepheline syenites at the Abu Khruq Complex, Egypt. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 117 (3) 305-329 doi:10.1007/bf00310871
Ismail, A. I., Ghabrial, D. S., Ibrahem, W. A., Eissa, M., Cazzaniga, A., Zanelli, C., & Dondi, M. (2018).Exploring syenites from ring complexes in the Eastern Desert (Egypt) as ceramic raw materials. Periodico di Mineralogia, 87(1).
 
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