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Magdy
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Location: Cairo
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 Posted: Oct 14, 2014 03:17 Post subject: Igneous Rocks from egypt |
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I live near one of the ancient sunken Roman villages on the shore of the Mediterranean in Egypt. From time to time, I find some igneous rocks from the collections of ancient Romans . I can successfully identify some of them after a long search on the internet pages and many times I fail .
These are some of my attempts in this regard .
please tell me if I fail in the right identification of a rock .
| Mineral: | Pegmatite igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | Andesite igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | Diorite igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | Granite igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | Peridotite igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | Peridotite igneous rock |
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15328 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gabbro igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | Basalt igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | unknown igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | unknown igneous rock |
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| Mineral: | unknown igneous rock |
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
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Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Oct 14, 2014 04:31 Post subject: Re: Igneous Rocks from egypt |
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I have a special place in my heart for Egypt, so it is nice to see some minerals from there. Is there perhaps any mineral clubs or collectors in Egypt?
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marco campos-venuti
Joined: 09 Apr 2014
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Location: Sevilla
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| Posted: Oct 14, 2014 04:42 Post subject: Re: Igneous Rocks from egypt |
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With a lot of maybe, I can guess:
1 - granite - igneous - intrusive
2 - maybe andesite - igneous - volcanic
3 - maybe granodiorite - igneous - intrusive
4 - granite - igneous - intrusive
5 - serpentinite - metamorphic
6 - maybe a jasper nodule
7 - maybe diorite - igneous - intrusive
8 - maybe diabase - igneous - intrusive (slightly metamorphosed)
9 - maybe jasper nodules
10 - maybe diabase - igneous - intrusive (slightly metamorphosed)
11 - limestone with calcite hydrothermal vein - sedimentary
bye, marco
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Magdy
Joined: 08 Sep 2014
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Location: Cairo
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| Posted: Oct 14, 2014 09:43 Post subject: Re: Igneous Rocks from egypt |
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Many thanks, Pierre Joubert and Marco Campos-Venuti.
There are no clubs for mineral collectors in Egypt.
Egypt is in the site of the heart of the world and the world is in the heart of Egypt;
this is an ancient heart of granite a special gift for you .
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
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| Posted: Oct 14, 2014 10:33 Post subject: Re: Igneous Rocks from egypt |
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| Magdy wrote: | many thanks , Pierre Joubert and marco campos-venuti
there is no clubs for mineral collectors in Egypt .
Egypt is in the site of the heart of the world and the world is in the heart of Egypt
this is an ancient heart of granite a special gift for you . |
Thank you Magdy. Best regards.
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Pierre Joubert
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