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Actinolite from
Tarr Complex, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tarr Complex, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1423428
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1423428:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘWadi Kid, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘWadi Tarr, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
References
Shimron, Aryeh Ervin (1975) Petrogenesis of the Tarr albitite—carbonatite complex, Sinai Peninsula. Mineralogical Magazine, 40 (309) 13-24 doi:10.1180/minmag.1975.040.309.03
Bogoch, Ron, Magaritz, Mordeckai, Michard, Annie (1986) Dolomite of possible mantle origin, southeast Sinai. Chemical Geology, 56 (3) 281-288 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(86)90009-4
Bentor, Y. K., & Eyal, M. (1987). The Geology of Southern Sinai Its Implication for the Evolution of the Arabo-Nubian Massif: Jebel Sabbagh Sheet with a Geological Map 1: 100, 000. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
 
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