Nepheline-syenite from
Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

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Classification
Locality type:	Complex
Type:	Nepheline-syenite
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Nepheline-syenite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1268322
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1268322:2
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline-syenite

70.9km (44.0 miles)	ⓘ El Kahfa Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Akaad, M.K. & El-Ramly, M.F. 1962. The nepheline-syenite ring complex of Gebel Abu Khruq (South-eastern desert of Egypt). Geological Survey of Egypt, Paper, 14. 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. Akaad, M.K. & El-Ramly, M.F. 1962. The nepheline-syenite ring complex of Gebel Abu Khruq (South-eastern desert of Egypt). Geological Survey of Egypt, Paper, 14. 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. El Ramly, M. F., Dereniuk, N. E., Budanov, V. I., Armanious, L. K., & Hayek, G. G. (1969). A petrological study on the central part of the Gabal Abu Khruq ring complex. Geol Surv Egypt, Paper, (51). Meneisy, M. Y., & MY, M. (1974). POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF NEPHELINE SEYENITE RING COMPLEXES IN EGYPT. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Hannover, D9, 33-39. Gindy, A. R., AR, G., SO, K., EL RAMLY, M. F., & AI, A. (1978). Contributions to the petrochemistry and geochemistry of the alkaline rocks of Gabal Abu Khruq and Gabal El-Nuhud, South-Eastern Desert, Egypt. Chemie der Erde, 37, 285-301. Serencsits, C. M., CM, S., KA, F., & El Ramly, M. F. (1979). Alkaline ring complexes in Egypt: their ages and relationship to tectonic development of the Red Sea. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 9, 102-116. El-Ramly, M. F., & Hussein, A. A. (1982). The alkaline ring complexes of Egypt. Geol. Surv. Egypt, Paper, 63. Omar, G.I., Kohn, B.P., Lutz, T.M., Faul, H. (1987) The cooling history of Silurian to Cretaceous alkaline ring complexes, south Eastern Desert, Egypt, as revealed by fission-track analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 83 (1) 94-108 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(87)90054-9 Soliman, M. M. (1987). The younger granites and ring complexes of the Southeastern Desert of Egypt and their relation to mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 6(5), 745-754. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(87)90010-8 Omar, G.I., Kohn, B.P., Lutz, T.M., Faul, H. (1987) The cooling history of Silurian to Cretaceous alkaline ring complexes, south Eastern Desert, Egypt, as revealed by fission-track analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 83 (1) 94-108 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(87)90054-9 Soliman, M. M. (1987). The younger granites and ring complexes of the Southeastern Desert of Egypt and their relation to mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 6(5), 745-754. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(87)90010-8 Lutz, T. M., Foland, K. A., Faul, H., & Srogi, L. (1988). The strontium and oxygen isotopic record of hydrothermal alteration of syenites from the Abu Khruq complex, Egypt. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 98(2), 212-223. doi.org/10.1007/BF00402113 Landoll, J. D., Foland, K. A., Henderson, C. M. B. (1994) Nd isotopes demonstrate the role of contamination in the formation of coexisting quartz and nepheline syenites at the Abu Khruq Complex, Egypt. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 117 (3) 305-329 doi:10.1007/bf00310871 *Abouzeid, Abdel-Zaher M., Negm, Abdel-Tawab A. (2014) Characterization and Beneficiation of an Egyptian Nepheline Syenite Ore. International Journal of Mineralogy, 2014. 1-9 doi:10.1155/2014/128246* Ismail, A. I., Ghabrial, D. S., Ibrahem, W. A., Eissa, M., Cazzaniga, A., Zanelli, C., & Dondi, M. (2018).Exploring syenites from ring complexes in the Eastern Desert (Egypt) as ceramic raw materials. Periodico di Mineralogia, 87(1).

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Nepheline-syenite from Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

Nepheline-syenite from
Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt