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Gypsum from
New Ayn Dar area, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia


Locality type:Desert
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:Sand inclusions
Habit:"Desert Rose" up to 30cm in diameter
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view New Ayn Dar area, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:718398
Long-form Identifier:1:3:718398:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
82.1km (51.0 miles) ⓘDhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
References
Qatar Univ. Sci. J. 22:191-204.
Almohandis, Ahmed A. (2002) Mineralogy and Chemistry of Desert Roses, Ayn Dar Area, Abqaiq, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Qatar Univ. Sci. J., 22. 191-204
AL-HUSSAINI, Abdulkarim; KOESHIDAYATULLAH, Ardiansyah; AL-RAMADAN, Khalid (2014) Formation conditions and diagenetic evolution of sand roses in clastic sabkhas along the Arabian Gulf Coastal Region, Eastern Saudi Arabia. Geological Quarterly, S. 2015 Vol. 59 (1). 71-78 doi:10.7306/gq.1207Study of Ayn Dar gypsum roses.
 
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