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Jabal Dubas, Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemeni
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Jabal DubasIntrusion
Al Hudaydah GovernorateGovernorate
YemenCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
14° 0' North , 43° 30' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
14.00000,43.50000
GeoHash:
G#: sfqztueez
GRN:
N10E30
Type:
Intrusion
Age:
26.1 ± 0.8 to 25.8 ± 0.8 Ma
Geologic Time:
Oligocene
Dating method:
K-Ar whole rock
Reference for age:
Capaldi, G., Chiesa, S., Manetti, P., Orsi, G., & Poli, G. (1987). Tertiary anorogenic granites of the western border of the Yemen Plateau. Lithos, 20(6), 433-444.
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Zabīd52,590 (2012)29.4km
Village of ALAMRAH4,500 (2017)37.8km
Qaryat Al kudshi al Ra'inah750 (2018)52.9km
Al-Medy Village, قرية المدي2,000 (2016)54.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
343163
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:343163:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Peralkaline granite of perthite, quartz, alkali amphibole and rare sodic pyroxene (which is invariably rimmed and replaced by amphibole and opaque minerals) with accessory zircon, monazite and rare fluorite (Capaldi et al. 1987).

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ⓘ 'Alkali amphibole'
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group var. Perthite'
ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
ⓘ 'Monazite Group'
Formula: REE(PO4)
ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Feldspar Group'-
ⓘ'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)
ⓘ'Feldspar Group
var. Perthite'		-
ⓘ'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6
ⓘ'Alkali amphibole'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oⓘ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siⓘ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)

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References

Capaldi, G., Chiesa, S., Manetti, P., Orsi, G., & Poli, G. (1987). Tertiary anorogenic granites of the western border of the Yemen Plateau. Lithos, 20(6), 433-444.
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.237
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