| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Thorite |
| Formula: | Th(SiO4) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Thorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Emerald mines, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1008804 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1008804:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Thorite |
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| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘLeucogranite, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 2.6km (1.6 miles) | ⓘBore Hole #5, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines (Sikait emerald deposit), Wadi Sikait, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Nugrus, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 65.8km (40.9 miles) | ⓘNuweibi Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 79.0km (49.1 miles) | ⓘAbu Dabbab Massif, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 79.7km (49.5 miles) | ⓘAbu Dabbab Ta-Sn deposit, Abu Dabbab Massif, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 88.6km (55.0 miles) | ⓘHomrit Akarem intrusion, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 89.5km (55.6 miles) | ⓘGabal El-Ineigi, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 92.0km (57.2 miles) | ⓘUm Samra-Um Bakra shear zone, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| References |
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Gaafar, Ibrahim, Mona Elbarbary, M. I. Sayyed, Abdelmoneim Sulieman, Nissren Tamam, Mayeen U. Khandaker, David A. Bradley, and Mohamed. Y. Hanfi. (2022) "Assessment of Radioactive Materials in Albite Granites from Abu Rusheid and Um Naggat, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt" Minerals 12, no. 2: 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020120 |
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