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Great Sand Sea, Africai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Great Sand Sea | Desert |
| Africa | Continent |
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Other Languages:
French:
Grande mer de sable, Afrique
German:
Großes Sandmeer, Afrika
Russian:
Великое песчаное море, Африка
Simplified Chinese:
埃及大沙海, 非洲
Spanish:
Gran mar de arena, África
Arabic:
بحر الرمال الأعظم, إفريقيا
Cebuano:
Great Sand Sea, Aprika
Croatian:
Egipatsko pješčano more, Afrika
Czech:
Velká písečná poušť, Afrika
Danish:
Store sandhav, Afrika
Egyptian Arabic:
بحر الرمال الاعظم, افريقيا
Farsi/Persian:
دریای ماسهای بزرگ, آفریقا
Finnish:
Iso Hiekkameri, Afrikka
Hebrew:
ים החולות הגדול, אפריקה
Hindi:
मिस्री रेत समुद्र, अफ्रीका
Hungarian:
Nagy-homoktenger, Afrika
Japanese:
グレート・サンド・シー, アフリカ
Polish:
Wielkie Morze Piasku, Afryka
Portuguese:
Grande Mar de Areia, África
Serbo-Croatian:
Egipatsko pješčano more, Afrika
Swedish:
Great Sand Sea, Afrika
Ukrainian:
Велика піщана пустеля, Африка
An approximately 72,000 km² sand desert region in North Africa stretching between western Egypt and eastern Libya.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Diamond Formula: C |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C |
| ⓘ Moissanite Formula: SiC |
| ⓘ Native Aluminium Formula: Al |
| ⓘ Native Iron Formula: Fe |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Aluminium | 1.AA.05 | Al |
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| ⓘ | Native Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| ⓘ | Diamond | 1.CB.10a | C |
| ⓘ | Moissanite | 1.DA. | SiC |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Diamond | C |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| C | ⓘ Moissanite | SiC |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Native Aluminium | Al |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Moissanite | SiC |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Native Iron | Fe |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
Fossils
There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 6 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 55.8 Ma (Eocene) | |||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 72.1 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) | |||||||||
| Stratigraphic Units |
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | |||||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 2 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sand_Sea |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q3089476 |
| GeoNames ID: | 356473 |
Localities in this Region
- New Valley Governorate
- Libyan Desert Glass area
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
AfricaContinent
African PlateTectonic Plate
- Sahara Metacraton
- Al Kufrah CratonShield
- Upper Egypt basinBasin
Egypt
- Western DesertDesert
North Africa
- Sahara DesertDesert
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Great Sand Sea, Africa