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Aegirine from
Jebel Uweinat, Kufra District, Libya


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Aegirine
Formula:NaFe3+Si2O6
Age information
Maximum recorded age:42 ± 1 Ma
Minimum recorded age:42 ± 1 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
142 ± 1 MaEocene - K-Ar
242.0 ± 1 MaEocene - K-Ar
Sample references:
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:Click here to view Aegirine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jebel Uweinat, Kufra District, Libya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:713538
Long-form Identifier:1:3:713538:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Aegirine
44.9km (27.9 miles) ⓘJebel Arkenu, Kufra District, Libya
75.9km (47.1 miles) ⓘCrater Hills Complex, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
References
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.
Hunting Geology and Geophysics Limited 1974. Geology of the Jabal Al Uwaynat area, Libyan Arab Republic. Report to Industrial Research Centre, Department of Geological Research and Mining, Tripoli. Boreham Wood, U.K. (unpublished).
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.
Hunting Geology and Geophysics Limited 1974. Geology of the Jabal Al Uwaynat area, Libyan Arab Republic. Report to Industrial Research Centre, Department of Geological Research and Mining, Tripoli. Boreham Wood, U.K. (unpublished).
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., & 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.
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.
André, L., Klerkx, J., & Busrewil, M. T. (1991). Geochemical and Rb-Sr isotopic data on felsic rocks from the Jabal al Awaynat alkaline Intrusive Complex (SE Libya). In Symposium on the geology of Libya (pp. 2511-2527).
Flinn et al. (1992)
 
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