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Biotite from
Wadi Dib Intrusion, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:558 ± 11 Ma
Minimum recorded age:551 ± 11 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1558 ± 11 to 551 ± 11 MaEdiacaran - K-Ar
Sample references:
1 -
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.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wadi Dib Intrusion, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1423532
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1423532:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘSouth Gabel Um Monqul, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘUm Ballad mining area, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘGabal Al Kharaza, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
43.8km (27.2 miles) ⓘHomret El Gergab, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘGharib granite, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
61.4km (38.1 miles) ⓘWadi Belih, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
74.4km (46.2 miles) ⓘGebel Gattar, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
95.3km (59.2 miles) ⓘWadi Hawashiya, Northeastern Desert, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Sabet, A.H., Maksoud, M.A.A. & Nabrovenkov, U.S. 1977. Geological setting and petrography of Wadi Dib ring intrusion, Northern Eastern Desert, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Geology, 21, 91-102.
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., & Francis, M. H. (1982). The ring complex of Wadi Dib―North Eastern desert, Egypte. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 12, 77-82.
Frisch, W. (1982). The Wadi Dib ring complex, Nubian Desert (Egypt) and its importance for the upper limit of the Pan-African orogeny. PreR, 16(4), A20-A20. doi.org/10.1016/0301-9268(82)90096-1
 
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