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Massah Intrusion, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabiai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 24' North , 36° 0' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
27.40000,36.00000
GRN:
N19E23
Type:
Intrusion
Age:
629 ± 12 Ma
Geologic Time:
Ediacaran
Dating method:
Rb-Sr isochron
Reference for age:
Stoeser, D. B., Jackson, N. J., Ramsay, C. R., Drysdall, A. R., du Bray, E. A., & Douch, C. J. (1986). Map of felsic plutonic rocks in the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:1000000 (2 sheets). J. Afr. Earth Sci., 4.
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Duba22,000 (2016)31.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
341874
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:341874:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Roughly circular intrusion 20km in diameter with a core of monzogranite and peralkaline granite on the northern, western and southern margins.

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1 valid mineral.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Alkali Feldspar'
ⓘ Arfvedsonite
Formula: [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2

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Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘArfvedsonite9.DE.25[Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Alkali Feldspar'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
NaSodium
Naⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
FeIron
Feⓘ Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2

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References

Stoeser, D. B., Jackson, N. J., Ramsay, C. R., Drysdall, A. R., du Bray, E. A., & Douch, C. J. (1986). Map of felsic plutonic rocks in the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1:1000000 (2 sheets). J. Afr. Earth Sci., 4.
Grainger, D. J., & Hanif, M. R. (1989). Geologic map of the Shaghab quadrangle, sheet 27B, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geoscience Map GM -109C (with Explanation). Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4p.192
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