Overlapping basaltic lava fields covering 7150km². The basaltic rocks are alkali olivine basalts and hawaiites (Brown et al. 1989), but Coleman et al. (1983) indicate that there is a bimodal suite, which silicic rocks forming flows and numerous necks and domes, one of which forms the crest of Harrat ar Rahah.

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ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

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ⓘ Alkali basalt

ⓘ Basalt

ⓘ Comenditic rhyolite

ⓘ Hawaiite

ⓘ Phonolite

ⓘ Pyroxenite

ⓘ 'Spinel lherzolite'

ⓘ Trachyte

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ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

References:

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.

Kaliwoda, M., Ludwig, T., & Altherr, R. (2008). A new SIMS study of Li, Be, B and δ7Li in mantle xenoliths from Harrat Uwayrid (Saudi Arabia). Lithos, 106(3-4), 261-279.

Buikin, A. I., Trieloff, M., Korochantseva, E. V., Hopp, J., Kaliwoda, M., Meyer, H. P., & Altherr, R. (2010). Distribution of mantle and atmospheric argon in mantle xenoliths from the Western Arabian Peninsula: constraints on timing and composition of metasomatizing agents in the lithospheric mantle. Journal of Petrology, 51(12), 2547-2570.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

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List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Arabian PeninsulaPeninsula

Arabian PlateTectonic Plate

Arabian-Nubian Shield
- Midyan TerraneVolcanic Arc
Tabuk basinBasin

AsiaContinent

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References

Coleman, R. G., Gregory, R. T., & Brown, G. F. (1983). Cenozoic volcanic rocks of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian Deputy Minist. Mineral Res. Open File Rep. USGS-OF-03-93.

Brown, G. F., Schmidt, D. L., & Huffman Jr, A. C. (1989). Geology of the Arabian Peninsula; shield area of western Saudi Arabia (No. 560-A). US Geological Survey. 1-188.

Kaliwoda, M., Ludwig, T., & Altherr, R. (2008). A new SIMS study of Li, Be, B and δ7Li in mantle xenoliths from Harrat Uwayrid (Saudi Arabia). Lithos, 106(3-4), 261-279.

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.193

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