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Locality Name:
El-Sibai Shear Zone, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt


mindat Locality ID: 274392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El-Sibai Shear Zone, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°11'55"N
Longitude: 32°42'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.198611111111,32.700833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCeriteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMica
MonaziteNonePyriteRocksaltRutileSerpentineSpinelTitaniteZirconZirconolite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Huttonite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)20295
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)3047
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)037
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O70140


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