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Calcite from
Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1382813
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1382813:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘAtud mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘMueilha mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
50.6km (31.4 miles) ⓘBore Hole #5, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
51.1km (31.8 miles) ⓘDungash Mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
52.1km (32.4 miles) ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Nugrus, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘWadi El-Tuleia, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘSukari gold mine, Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
66.3km (41.2 miles) ⓘBarramiya Mine, Barramiya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘUm Samra-Um Bakra shear zone, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
72.9km (45.3 miles) ⓘWestern Mine, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Abdalla, H. M. (2006). An Overview on the REE‐Mineralized Alkaline Granites in Egypt, with Special Reference to the Abu Khruq and Gara El Hamra Bodies. Resource Geology, 56(3), 365-370.
Mogahed, M. M. (2016). Petrogenesis of cogenetic silica-oversaturated and-undersaturated syenites of Abu Khruq ring complex, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 124, 44-62.
 
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