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Monazite from
Emerald mines, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Monazite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:REE(PO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Monazite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Emerald mines, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:812233
Long-form Identifier:1:3:812233:9
GUID (UUID V4):7c09e664-5540-4180-951f-0dc35315b5c9
Nearest other occurrences of Monazite
3.8km (2.4 miles) ā“˜Khour Abalea, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
4.8km (3.0 miles) ā“˜Emerald mines, Wadi Sikait, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
32.7km (20.3 miles) ā“˜Sukari gold mine, Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
65.8km (40.9 miles) ā“˜Nuweibi Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry and Genesis of Beryl from Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert, Egypt Ahmed E. Abdel Gawad 1, * , Antoaneta...Geochemistry and Genesis of Beryl from Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals 2022, 12, 206. https://doi...Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El-Maadi, Cairo, Egypt; dr_mohamed1966@yahoo.com (M.A.A.); moh.gho@mail...occurs in the ancient Roman mines at Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert of Egypt. It ranges from small crystals...The emerald of Wadi Nugrus has similarities with the geological setting of the Canadian emeralds. Emeralds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / o r e g e o r ev Emerald deposits and occurrences: A review L.A. Groat a...Available online 22 April 2008 Keywords: Emerald deposits Emerald occurrences Crystal chemistry Geochemistry...isotopes Classiļ¬cation Exploration A B S T R A C T Emerald, the green gem variety of beryl, is the third most...year) of the world's emeralds. However there is speculation that the emerald mines in Colombia are becoming...accounts for approximately 10% of world emerald production. Emeralds have also been mined in Afghanistan
Book
EMERALD and OTHER BERYLS by JOHN SINKANKAS This is Beryls jewelers, gists, geologists, earth ...sciences, yet eminently facet and widely a Emerald historians, gemological Sinkankas, the permanent...metal beryllium. with Beginning author traces emeraldā€”from its less ite, role of historyā€™s pendix...Unmatched third is knowledge from author one emerald cutting and of exotic composition, physical...mineralogical once events. languages for beryl emerald logical to and part, Sinkankas explores and
Report (issue)
our way through the competĀ­ itive minefield of emerald science, much of John's contribuĀ­ tion to this...any other opinion. extraLapis English No. 2: Emerald The Most Valuable Beryl The Most Precious Gemstone...we ā€¢ pay tribute to John Sinkankas to whom this emerald issue is dedicated. John Sinkankas wrote more...than 15 books including his 1981 definitive work Emerald and Other Beryls. He set standards for authors...and hope that you will see his influence here in Emeralds of the World and in future issues. Gloria & Gunther
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abalea Mineralized Pegmatites, Southeastern Desert, Egypt Reham M. Abd El Rahman 1 , Sherif A. Taalab 2, *...Abalea Mineralized Pegmatites, Southeastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals 2022, 12, 353. https://doi.org/10.3390/...Materials Authority, El Maadi, Cairo P.O. Box 530, Egypt; mounir_r79@yahoo.com (R.M.A.E.R.); mostafa24264@hotmail...Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo P.O. Box 11884, Egypt Department of Physics, Taibah University, Almadinah...well as accessories mineralsā€”such as zircon and monazite. To assess the dangerous effects of pegmatites
Journal (issue)
Burmese Sapphire and Peridot from Mogok History of Emerald Mining at Habachtal, Part I New Regular Feature:...Sapphire and Peridot from Mogok and a History of Emerald Mining in Habachtal, Austria Duncan Pay FEATURE...is available in large sizes. 338 History of Emerald Mining in the Habachtal Deposit of Austria, Part...region, which is regarded as one of the earliest emerald deposits. p. 373 REGULAR FEATURES 372 Lab Notes...of antique Mughal spectacles with diamond and emerald lenses ā€¢ Pink euclase ā€¢ Vaterite on strand of freshwater
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sent R & M a number of specimens from the copper mines of his town. The specimens are extremely beautiful...When it comes to beautiful minerals, the copper mines of Arizona rank high in the mineral world. Arkansasā€”At...Monument of Saguache and Alamosa Counties, Colo.ā€”monazite, garnet, chlorite, pyroxene (augite, diopside...make weekend excursions to the Wilmington strip mines where we find 273 the usual fern fossils and some...combustion. Bright red hematite (red ocher) is also found with the sulfur, the red and yellow making a
Conference Proceedings
Panjikar, Executive Secretary, India (center right, in red traditional sari). Then from left to right: Prof...in origin determination of ancient and medieval red garnet. 16:20 - 16:40 Karl Schmetzer, H. Albert...Recent challenges in identification of filled emeralds 17:20 ā€“ 17:40 Shang I (Edward) Liu, Kyaw Thu...Christophe, Pham Van Long: Trapiche texture in emeralds and rubies 9:20 ā€“ 9:40 Jarolsav Hyrsl : Genetic...Pinctata radiata saltwater cultured pearls from Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) 10:40 ā€“ 11:20 Coffee breaks and
Journal (issue)
diamond sorter. OBSERVATIONS ON SOME RHODESIAN EMERALD OCCURRENCES By N. A. METSON, B.Sc., and A. M. TAYLOR...authors (A.M.T.) was fortunate to inspect the emerald occurrences near Fort Victoria, Rhodesia. This...Considerable thanks are due to M r Cyril Gurr of the Mines Department, Fort Victoria, for his valuable assistance...guide to the area and for providing additional emerald samples for analysis. J. Gemm., 1977, XV, 8 ...investigation was to try and further our understanding of emerald formation in Nature by studying in particular the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
green variety that we call emerald. Supply carĀ­ avans took the produce of the mines west to the Nile River...River or east to the shores of the Red Sea for further transport to the gem-cutting and goldsmithing workshops...Among all minerals and gemstones, beryl in its emerald variety thus became one of the earliest to be recognized...the gem gravels of the Mogok district of Burma. Emeralds, especially, were known to native Indians of Colombia...way of knowing. Only the Egyptian deposits and mines are well authenticated, thanks to the Egyptians'
Report (issue)
Chief Geologist i FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian...have made them sound financial investments. The emerald, considered by many to be the most beautiful of...the largest emerald crystal in North America ā€” 1,438 carats. The most expensive cut emerald also comes...North Carolina. This is the 15.14 carat Carolina Emerald owned by Tiffany f, Company of New York and valued...valued at $100,000. First thought to be emerald but later identified as a chromium spodumene, the mineral
Report (issue)
AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE...Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian...have made them sound financial investments. The emerald, considered by many to be the most beautiful of...the largest emerald crystal in North America -- 1,438 carats. The most expensive cut emerald also comes...North Carolina. This is the 13.14 carat Carolina Emerald owned by Tiffany valued at $100,000. & Company
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1743-1822) noting the similarity of beryl and emerald. Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1839), a Frenchman...announced, in Paris, in 1798.) He analyzed beryl and emeralds and found them identical, each containing the...(2BeO. A1 2 0 3 . 6 S i 0 2 ) . There are no beryl mines, but it is generally found in pegmatic veins, as...Austria and Colombia. Emerald Mentioned in i he Bible In the Bible the emerald (green beryl) was called...wrote about emeralds and Pliny referred to beryllus "like emerald." Ancient Emerald Mine in Egypt Cleopatra's
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Review Emerald Deposits: A Review and Enhanced Classification Gaston Giuliani 1, *, Lee A....February 2019   Abstract: Although emerald deposits are relatively rare, they can be formed...systems and models currently used to describe emerald precipitation and predict its occurrence are too...mode of formation for some emerald deposits. Generally speaking, emerald is beryl with sufficient concentrations...crystals. The limiting factor in the formation of emerald is geological conditions resulting in an environment
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Element and Incompatible Trace Element Abundances in Emeralds Reveal Their Formation Environments Raquel Alonso-Perez...Element and Incompatible Trace Element Abundances in Emeralds Reveal Their Formation Environments. Minerals...harvard.edu; Tel.: +1-617-301-2175 Abstract: Emeralds require the unusual association of typically compatible...abundances are reported for a global suite of emeralds, enabling the identification of the environments...environments in which they formed. Type IIB emeralds have nearly flat continental crust normalized REE patterns
Book
undertake the task of abridging my much larger book, Emerald and Other Beryls (Chilton Book Co, 1981) to provide...Chapter 1 Emerald and beryl in antiquity xiii 1 Emerald in ancient Egypt 1 Emerald and beryl in...European emerald objects 13 The Emerald Buddha 14 The Budha's tooth emeraid 15 Hernando Contez emeralds 15...use of beryls in the Americas 15 Chapter 2 Emerald and beryl in medieval and ~odern Europe 18 Biblical...lapidaries 19 The Speculum Lapidum 21 New World emeralds 21 Agricola's De Natura Fossilium 24 Gesner's
Journal (issue)
(involving more than 1000 samples) of a range of emeralds and green beryls from Central Nigeria. Detailed...confident identification of emeralds from this locality. Some Nigerian emeralds do contain spiky three-phase...three-phase inclusions and resemble Colombian emeralds, but again the means for distinguishing between stones...the extensional tectonics along this rift, the Red Sea opened in the northern part, whereas in the south...alluvial deposits are found together with zircon (red-brown and colourless transparent), magnetite, hematite
Journal (issue)
Abstracts 187 PeƱas Blancas: An historic Colombian emerald mine R. Ringsrud and E. Boehm 251 Book review...left (19.1Ɨ12.9 mm), probably Queen ArsinoĆ« II of Egypt, is one of most beautiful examples of glyptic art...historic Colombian emerald mine Ron Ringsrud and Edward Boehm Abstract: The PeƱas Blancas emerald mine is part...famous Muzo, Coscuez and La Pita mines. This is the largest emerald district in Colombia, and it is the...the most productive and well-known emerald mining region in the world. PeƱas Blancas has a fascinating
Book
undertake the task of abridging my much larger book, Emerald and Other Beryls (Chilton Book Co, 1981) to provide...xiii Chapter 1 Emerald and beryl in antiquity 1 Emerald in ancient Egypt 1 Emerald and beryl in ancient...European emerald objects 13 The Emerald Buddha 14 The Budhaā€™s tooth emerald 15 Hernando Contez emeralds 15...use of beryls in the Americas 15 Chapter 2 Emerald and beryl in medieval and modern Europe 18 Biblical...lapidaries 19 The Speculum Lapidum 21 New World emeralds 21 Agricolaā€™s De Natura Fossilium 24 Gesnerā€™s
Journal (issue)
of Fancy White and Black Diamonds Vanadium-Rich Emerald from Malipo, China Inclusions in Corundum from...Vanadium-Rich Emerald from Malipo, China Yang Hu and Ren Lu Spectroscopic and chemical analyses of emeralds from...alexandrite ā€¢ Conichalcite in quartz chalcedony ā€¢ Emerald in rock crystal quartz ā€¢ Iolite-sunstone intergrowth...News International Blue gahnite from Nigeria ā€¢ Emerald update with Arthur Groom ā€¢ New find of deep blue...Stability of forgotten opal specimens ā€¢ Trapiche emerald from Pakistan ā€¢ Uvarovite in prehnite from the
Journal (issue)
23 A.F. Bushmakin Š”RŠžŠ”ŠžŠŸŠ• FROM Š¢ŠŠ• BEREZOV GOLD MINES ............................................ 28...... 56 Pierre-Nicolas Schwab Sainte-Marie-Š»ux- Mines ..................................................the Murzinsko-Adui zone, with its magnificent emeralds, alexandrites, topazes, amethysts, tourmalines... smoky quartz, citrine, amethyst, Š°Šæd otl1ers), red and Š«uŠµ corundum, nep\1rite, jadeite, turqŠ½oise,...small corundum crystals. Large crystals of purple-red corundum are concentrated in th_e inner сŠ¾Š³Šµ, where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was first discovered and mined at HidĀ­ denite. Emeralds have been found in at least three localities;...the present time, the 84 ROCKS AND MINERALS Emerald Valley mine is open to the public for a collecting...are plowed several times a year and may yield emerald, hiddenite, rutile, and quartz crystals. The following...mineral collecting sites in Alexander County: 1) Emerald, rutilated quartz, smoky quartz, and rose quartz...of SR 1492. 2) Emerald, aquamarine beryl, rose quartz, and rutile occur at the Emerald Valley mine, which
Journal (issue)
Characterization of Montana Sapphire Morphology of Colombian Emerald 2023 Tucson Report Spring 2023 VOLUME 59, No...Sapphire from Montanaā€™s Secondary Deposits, Colombian Emerald Morphology, The 2023 Tucson Shows, and Moreā€¦ Duncan...and heat-treated). 46 Morphology of Colombian Emerald: Some Less Common Cases and Their Growth and Dissolution...features in Colombian emerald, including possible relationships to trapiche emeralds and samples displaying...with antique appearance ā€¢ Heart-shaped golden South Sea cultured pearl ā€¢ Gastropod shell in a shell blister
Journal (issue)
Regales. or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales. and the English...relating to mines etc. London. 1670. Sir John Peuus became deputy governor of the royal mines under Cromwell...Shaftesbury (the titular governor of the royal mines).There is some early history and general theory...and other documents relating to the various royal mines since the time or Elizabeth. The section offers...Commercial Use of Rare Eanh Minerals: Nonh Carolina's Monazite and Zircon Industry by Jay L. Li11i119er l 91
Journal (volume)
Pierre Bariand A portfolio of unusuol crystals The Emerald by A. C. Hamlin A classic account of the world's...Monitor has reĀ­ Arctic snows and waters far at sea. It has already built up noticeably in bodies of...subject. Currently he is 1ra11eling ,n Afnco. ("The Emerald") was 1he soo of rhe co-discoverer of the great...on the infamous Andersonville pnsonĀ­ comp "The Emerald" " from htS delightful "letSure Hours Among the...brown. Tlte choicest, as from Red Cloud mine, Arizona, are a deeper orange-red. This fine specimen is from
 
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