| Locality type: | Outcrop |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Leucogranite, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1898930 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1898930:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘBore Hole #5, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Nugrus, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘWadi Nugrus, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘUm Sleimat, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines (Sikait emerald deposit), Wadi Sikait, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 15.6km (9.7 miles) | ⓘEmerald mine, Gebel Zabara, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 24.4km (15.1 miles) | ⓘGold mineralisation, Wadi El Gemal, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 26.7km (16.6 miles) | ⓘKurdeman gold prospect, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 29.0km (18.0 miles) | ⓘHanglaliya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| References |
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Elsagheer, Mustafa A.; Moussa, Hilmy E.; Maurice, Ayman E.; Asimow, Paul D.; Wilner, Oliver D.; Taha, Maysa M. N.; Surour, Adel A.; Azer, Mokhles K. (2026) Discovery of Waimirite-(Y) in Egypt: Insights into REE Mineralization in Neoproterozoic Granite and Metasediments, Wadi Abu Rusheid, Eastern Desert. Geosciences, 16 (3). doi:10.3390/geosciences16030122 |
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