| Locality type: | Complex |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Orthoclase |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Orthoclase data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Abu Khruq alkaline complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 860501 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:860501:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase |
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| 30.8km (19.1 miles) | ⓘWadi Sibrit-Urf Abu Hamam District, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 47.4km (29.5 miles) | ⓘMount Abu Kibash, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 49.2km (30.6 miles) | ⓘGabel Tulayah, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 50.2km (31.2 miles) | ⓘLeucogranite, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 54.1km (33.6 miles) | ⓘEmerald mines (Sikait emerald deposit), Wadi Sikait, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 63.8km (39.6 miles) | ⓘNuweibi Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 68.7km (42.7 miles) | ⓘGabal Igla Ahmr, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 70.9km (44.0 miles) | ⓘEl Kahfa Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 87.3km (54.2 miles) | ⓘEl Bakriyah Ring Complex, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 87.8km (54.6 miles) | ⓘGabal El-Bakriya Pegmatites, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| References |
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Ismail, A. I., Ghabrial, D. S., Ibrahem, W. A., Eissa, M., Cazzaniga, A., Zanelli, C., & Dondi, M. (2018).Exploring syenites from ring complexes in the Eastern Desert (Egypt) as ceramic raw materials. Periodico di Mineralogia, 87(1). |
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