Microsyenite from
El Naga Ridge, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

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Classification
Locality type:	Ridge
Type:	Microsyenite
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Microsyenite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view El Naga Ridge, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1424393
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1424393:0
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Microsyenite

27.6km (17.2 miles)	ⓘ Shabih Intrusion, 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. 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. 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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Microsyenite from El Naga Ridge, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

Microsyenite from
El Naga Ridge, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt