A thin section contains a wide variety of mineral grains
by Metwally Hamza, Full Geologist, Egypt
- this thin section contains a wide variety of mineral grains, as summarized as the following:
1) Plagioclase.
2) Microcline.
3) Pyroxene.
4) Amphibole.
- these previously mentioned minerals make up most parts of this section and the others are not important.
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Taken and Itemized by Metwally Hamza.
Taken on 30
January
2022
Submitted on 12 Feb 2022
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- Africa (311)
- Northern Africa (124)
- Egypt (53)
- Exact location (33.9798 E, 28.5189 N)
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geology, thin section, petrography, petrology
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