Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pegmatite Province, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 243543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pegmatite Province, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Analcime	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phenakite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Belyankinite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Eucryptite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Lueshite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*

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 Be Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Beryl Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phenakite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	244
Belyankinite ()*	None	Ca_1-2(Ti,Zr,Nb)₅O₁₂·9H₂O (?)	6
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	29
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	57
Lueshite ()*	Perovskite	NaNbO₃	16
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	124
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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