Earth Sciences

Volume 3, Issue 6, December 2014

  • Hydrothermally Altered and Fractured Granite Hosting Rare Metal at Gabal Adara Adatalob, South Eastern Desert, Egypt

    Hassan Abd El Razek Aly Shahin, Masoud Salah Masoud

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 1-7
    Received: Aug. 22, 2014
    Accepted: Aug. 26, 2014
    Published: Sep. 17, 2014
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    Abstract: Gabal Adara Adatalob granite in the south Eastern Desert, Egypt represents a promising example for hydrothermally altered and fractured granite hosting rare metals and rare earths mineralization. This granite host or act as a source for the rare metals (Zr, Y, Nb, Yb and Ga) and rare earths (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, and Yb) mineralization. It forms isol... Show More