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Sericite from
Sukhaybarat Mine (Sukhaybarat East Mine; Sukhaybarat deposit), Sukhaybarat al Gharbiyah (Sukhaybarat ash Sharqiyah), Mintaqah Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia

Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sukhaybarat Mine (Sukhaybarat East Mine; Sukhaybarat deposit), Sukhaybarat al Gharbiyah (Sukhaybarat ash Sharqiyah), Mintaqah Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia
 
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