Mineralization age: Early/Lower Cretaceous : 139.7 ± 9 Ma

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Geologic Time

Rocks, Minerals and Events

Phanerozoic

Mesozoic

Cretaceous

Early/Lower Cretaceous

ⓘ Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite

139.7 ± 9 Ma

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

AfricaContinent

African PlateTectonic Plate

Arabian Plate

Arabian-Nubian ShieldShield
- East Desert TerraneVolcanic Arc
- Nubian ShieldShield

North Africa

Sahara DesertDesert

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References

El Ramly, M.F., Budanov, V.I. & Hussein, A.A.A. 1971. The alkaline rocks of south-eastern Egypt. Geological Survey of Egypt, Paper, 53.

Hashad, A. H., AH, H., & EL REEDY, M. W. M. (1979). Geochronology of the anorogenic alkalic rocks South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 9, 81-101.

El Reedy, M. W., & El Sokkary, A. A. (1982). Contribution to the geochemistry of some ring complexes in the South-Eastern Desert, Egypt. Acta Geological Academiae Sientiarum Hangaricas, 25(3–4), 349-354.

Woolley, A. R. (2001) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 3: Africa - Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. The Geological Society of London.p.63

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