Biotite from
Mishbih Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

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Classification
Locality type:	Complex
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 Mishbih Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1424354
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1424354:1
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite

22.3km (13.9 miles)	ⓘ El Naga Ridge, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
31.1km (19.3 miles)	ⓘ Nigrub El Fogani Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
46.3km (28.8 miles)	ⓘ Um El Tuyor Mine (Umm Tuyur), Wadi Allaqi District, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
51.9km (32.3 miles)	ⓘ Betam mine, Wadi Allaqi district, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
87.2km (54.2 miles)	ⓘ Gebel Shalman-Wadi Biarn pegmatites, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
89.2km (55.4 miles)	ⓘ Um Ara area, 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. Ivanov, T., & IM, S. (1973). Metallogenic characteristics of South-Eastern Desert of Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 3, 139-166. 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. 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 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. Omar, G.I., Kohn, B.P., Lutz, T.M., Faul, H. (1987) The cooling history of Silurian to Cretaceous alkaline ring complexes, south Eastern Desert, Egypt, as revealed by fission-track analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 83 (1) 94-108 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(87)90054-9

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Biotite from Mishbih Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

Biotite from
Mishbih Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt