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Elpidite from
Gharib granite, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Species:Elpidite
Formula:Na2ZrSi6O15 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elpidite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gharib granite, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1423517
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1423517:1
GUID (UUID V4):abc5888d-046e-4a13-8c1b-f3a4dc48d2a9
References
Stern, R. J., & Hedge, C. E. (1985). Geochronologic and isotopic constraints on late Precambrian crustal evolution in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. American Journal of Science, 285(2), 97-127. https://ecs.utdallas.edu/~rjstern/pdfs/AJS_Stern_and_Hedge85.pdf
ABDEL-RAHMAN, A. F. (1987). Crystallization of amphiboles in the plutonic complexes of northeastern Egypt: implications for magma evolution. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie. Abhandlungen, 157(3), 319-335.
Abdel-Rahman, A. F. M., & Doig, R. (1987). The Rb-Sr geochronological evolution of the Ras Gharib segment of the northern Nubian Shield. Journal of the Geological Society, 144(4), 577-586. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.144.4.0577
Abdel-Rahman, A. F. M., & Martin, R. F. (1990). The Mount Gharib A-type granite, Nubian Shield: petrogenesis and role of metasomatism at the source. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 104(2), 173-183. doi.org/10.1007/BF00306441
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Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Fattah M., Martin, Robert F. (1990) The Mount Gharib A-type granite, Nubian Shield: petrogenesis and role of metasomatism at the source. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 104 (2) 173-183 doi:10.1007/bf00306441
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173-183 9 Springer-Verlag 1990 The Mount Gharib A-type granite, Nubian Shield: petrogenesis and role of...o u n t Gharib peralkaline A-type complex (476_ 2 Ma), located in the Nubian Shield of Egypt, contains...zircon, fluorite, apatite, allanite, aenigmatite, elpidite(?) and ilmenite. This "within plate" hypersolvus...peralkaline granite and the roof facies. Trace element and isotopic modeling of this A-type granite, with its...the M o u n t Gharib plutonic complex, located in the northern Nubian Shield of Egypt, is to document
 
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