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Fayalite from
Silsilah Deposit, Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Species:Fayalite
Formula:Fe22+SiO4
Habit:Blades 2-10cm long near pegmatites
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fayalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silsilah Deposit, Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:571042
Long-form Identifier:1:3:571042:3
GUID (UUID V4):e74f248f-c9b4-43ad-9452-1488d1b58564
References
du Bray, E.A. & Stoeser, D.B. 1985. Reconnaisance Geology of the Al Hufayr Quadrangle, Sheet 27/41A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. United States Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-14.
Irvine, T. N. J., & Baragar, W. R. A. (1971). A guide to the chemical classification of the common volcanic rocks. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 8(5), 523-548.
Economic Geology (1996) 91:1414-1434
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Kamilli, Robert J., Criss, Robert J. (1996) Genesis of the Silsilah tin deposit, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Economic Geology, 91 (8) 1414-1434 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.91.8.1414
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1996,pp. 1414-1434 Genesis of the SilsilahTin Deposit,Kingdomof SaudiArabia ROBERTJ. KAMILLI U.S.Geological...Louis,Missou•i63130-4899 Abstract The Silsilahtin deposit(lat 25o06 ' N, long42o40 ' E) consists of a groupof...fortheformation of aneconomically viabletin deposit occurred at Silsilah, butthelackof a strong localizing mechanism...mineralization resulted in aneconomicallymarginal deposit. If the greisenized cupolas hadbeenvertically stacked...closedsystem behavior of the hydrothermal system at Silsilah mayhaveprevented additional scavenging of metals
 
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