1	-	Vail, J. R. (1976). LOCATION AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF IGNEOUS RING-COMPLEXES AND RELATED ROCKS IN NORTH-EAST AFRICA. Geologisches Jahrbuch, B20, 97-114.
2	-	Klerkx, J., & CC, R. (1976). PRELIMINARY K/AR RESULTS ON DIFFERENT IGNEOUS ROCK FORMATIONS FROM THE JEBEL UWEINAT REGION (SE LIBYA). Rapport Annuel l'Annee 1975. Department de Geologie et de Mineralogie du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, 105-111.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Jebel Arkenu, Kufra District, Libya

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

713516

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:713516:3

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Aegirine

44.9km (27.9 miles)

ⓘ Jebel Uweinat, Kufra District, Libya

76.5km (47.5 miles)

ⓘ Hagar Al Garda Plugs, Kufra District, Libya

82.6km (51.3 miles)

ⓘ Crater Hills Complex, New Valley Governorate, Egypt

References

Alkhazmi, R.A. 1985. Some aspects of the geology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of Jabal Arkeno ring complex, S.E. Libya. In: 13th Colloquium of African Geology, Department of Geology, University of St Andrews. International Center for Training and Exchange in the Geosciences, Occasional Publication, 277.

Atherton, M.P., Lagha, S. & Flinn, D. 1991. The geochemistry and petrology of Jabal Arknu and Jabal al Awaynat alkaline ring complexes of SE Libya. In: Salem, M.J. & Busrewil, M.T. (eds) The geology of Libya, 7. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2559-2576.

Mahrholz, W. W. (1968). Geological exploration of the Kufra region, April-May, 1965. Kingdom of Libya, Ministry of Industry, 8, 1-76.

Schürmann, H. M. E. (1974) The Pre-Cambrian in North Africa. E. J. Brill, Leiden.

Klerkx, J., & CC, R. (1976). PRELIMINARY K/AR RESULTS ON DIFFERENT IGNEOUS ROCK FORMATIONS FROM THE JEBEL UWEINAT REGION (SE LIBYA). Rapport Annuel l'Annee 1975. Department de Geologie et de Mineralogie du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, 105-111.

Vail, J. R. (1976). LOCATION AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF IGNEOUS RING-COMPLEXES AND RELATED ROCKS IN NORTH-EAST AFRICA. Geologisches Jahrbuch, B20, 97-114.

Klerkx, J. (1985, January). THE ALKALINE RING COMPLEXES OF JEBEL U WEINAT (SE LIBYA). In JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES (Vol. 3, No. 1-2, pp. 275-275). THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD, ENGLAND OX5 1GB: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.

Flinn et al (1992)

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Aegirine from Jebel Arkenu, Kufra District, Libya

Aegirine from
Jebel Arkenu, Kufra District, Libya