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Astrophyllite from
Gharib granite, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Species:Astrophyllite
Formula:K2NaFe72+Ti2[Si4O12]2O2(OH)4F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Astrophyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gharib granite, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1423513
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1423513:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Astrophyllite
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘWadi Dib Intrusion, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Stern, R. J., & Hedge, C. E. (1985). Geochronologic and isotopic constraints on late Precambrian crustal evolution in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. American Journal of Science, 285(2), 97-127. https://ecs.utdallas.edu/~rjstern/pdfs/AJS_Stern_and_Hedge85.pdf
ABDEL-RAHMAN, A. F. (1987). Crystallization of amphiboles in the plutonic complexes of northeastern Egypt: implications for magma evolution. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie. Abhandlungen, 157(3), 319-335.
Abdel-Rahman, A. F. M., & Doig, R. (1987). The Rb-Sr geochronological evolution of the Ras Gharib segment of the northern Nubian Shield. Journal of the Geological Society, 144(4), 577-586. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.144.4.0577
Abdel-Rahman, A. F. M., & Martin, R. F. (1990). The Mount Gharib A-type granite, Nubian Shield: petrogenesis and role of metasomatism at the source. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 104(2), 173-183. doi.org/10.1007/BF00306441
 
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