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Amphibole Supergroup from
El Naga Ridge, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Ridge
Classification
Species:'Amphibole Supergroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AB2C5(T8O22)W2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibole Supergroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Naga Ridge, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1424380
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1424380:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Amphibole Supergroup
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘBetam mine, Wadi Allaqi district, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘAmreit Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
93.4km (58.1 miles) ⓘEl Gezira Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Abdel-Aziz, A.H. & Hassan, M.A. 1973. Further contribution to geology and geochemistry of some Egyptian ring complexes. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 3, 167-175.
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.
Abdel-Aziz, A.H. & Hassan, M.A. 1973. Further contribution to geology and geochemistry of some Egyptian ring complexes. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 3, 167-175.
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., Budanov, V. I., Armanious, L. K., & Dereniuk, N. E. (1969). The three ring complexes of Gabal El Kahfa, GabalNigrub El Fogani and Gabal El Naga, south Eastern Desert of Egypt. Geol. Surv. Egypt, paper, (52), 39.
Meneisy, M. Y., & MY, M. (1974). POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF NEPHELINE SEYENITE RING COMPLEXES IN EGYPT. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Hannover, D9, 33-39.
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.
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.
Soliman, M. M. (1987). The younger granites and ring complexes of the Southeastern Desert of Egypt and their relation to mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 6(5), 745-754. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(87)90010-8
 
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