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Diopside from
Wadi Um Huitate, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wadi Um Huitate, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:619864
Long-form Identifier:1:3:619864:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘNuweibi Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘWadi El-Lawi, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘWadi El-Zarka, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘWadi Bezah, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘAbu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
75.6km (47.0 miles) ⓘChromitite outcrops, Barramiya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
94.2km (58.5 miles) ⓘWestern Mine, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Ahmed, Ahmed Hassan, Arai, Shoji, Attia, Abdel Kadar (2001) Petrological characteristics of podiform chromitites and associated peridotites of the Pan African Proterozoic ophiolite complexes of Egypt. Mineralium Deposita, 36 (1) 72-84 doi:10.1007/s001260050287
 
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