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Biotite from
El Kahfa Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Kahfa Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1424088
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1424088:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘHelgate prospect (Hilgit deposit), Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘSilaia Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
40.7km (25.3 miles) ⓘNikeiba, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
42.7km (26.5 miles) ⓘZargat Naam Ridge, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Nugrus, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
56.1km (34.8 miles) ⓘKhour Abalea, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘBore Hole #5, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
57.2km (35.5 miles) ⓘLeucogranite, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
59.0km (36.7 miles) ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘEmerald mines (Sikait emerald deposit), Wadi Sikait, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
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).
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.
Hashad, A. H., AH, H., & EL REEDY, M. W. M. (1979). Geochronology of the anorogenic alkalic rocks South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 9, 81-101.
EL REEDY, M. W. (1985). Preliminary investigation on the distribution of uranium and thorium in some alkaline rocks of South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 15, 115-121.
 
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