| Locality type: | Outcrop |
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| Species: | Kaolinite |
| Formula: | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Kaolinite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Abu Thor area, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1914572 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1914572:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite |
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| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | âUmm Bugma (Um Bogma), Abu Zeneima (Abu Zenima), South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| 1.7km (1.0 miles) | âAbu Zarab paleokarst, Umm Bugma (Um Bogma), Abu Zeneima (Abu Zenima), South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | âGabal Allouga, Umm Bugma (Um Bogma), Abu Zeneima (Abu Zenima), South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | âWadi El-Sahu, Umm Bugma (Um Bogma), Abu Zeneima (Abu Zenima), South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | âUm Bogma Formation, Um Bogma area, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| 6.7km (4.1 miles) | âAraba Formation, Um Bogma area, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| References |
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Bahr, Salama M.; Shata, Ahmed E.; El Mezayen, Ahmed M. El; Abd-Allah, Ali M.; Alshami, Abdalla S.; Arman, Hasan; Abdelghany, Osman; Ahmed, Alaa; Gad, Ahmed (2026) How Faults Shape Uranium and Polymetallic Mineralization: Evidence from the Paleozoic Succession of Southwestern Sinai, Egypt. Minerals, 16 (4). doi:10.3390/min16040396 Abd El-Moghny, Mohamed W.; Helal, Mohamed H.; Elshahat, Osama Ramzy; Abaza, Mohamed Mohamed Fahim; Gabr, Mahmoud Mohamed Mohamed Ali; Fathy, Mohamed; Ayyad, Haitham M. (2026) Secondary Uranium Mineral Assemblages in Carboniferous Paleokarst Infill, Um Bogma Formation, the Southern Tethyan Margin: Implications for the ArabianâNubian Shield in Mineralogical Characterization and Supergene Enrichment. Minerals, 16 (5). doi:10.3390/min16050558 |
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