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HARDSTONES ____________________

Gebel Ahmar (#1): red siliceous sandstone, variety 1

Gebel Ahmar (#1): brown siliceous sandstone, variety 2 - sample 1

Gebel Ahmar (#1): brown siliceous sandstone, variety 2 - sample 2

Gebel Ahmar (#1): white siliceous sandstone, variety 3

Widan el-Faras (#2): basalt (on Gebel el-Qatrani)

Aswan (#3): dark brown siliceous sandstone, variety 1 - sample 1 (from Gebel Saman)

Aswan (#3): brown siliceous sandstone, variety 1 - sample 2 (from Gebel Tingar)

Aswan (#3): red siliceous sandstone, variety 2 (from Gebel Gulab)

Aswan (#3): pale brown siliceous sandstone, variety 3 (from Gebel Gulab)

Aswan (#5): coarse pink granite, variety 1 - sample 1 (from Hamada quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): coarse pink granite, variety 1 - sample 2 (from Hamada quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): coarse pink granite, variety 1- sample 3 (from Gemco quarry in the El Shellal district, near the Unfinished Sarcophagus)

Aswan (#5): coarse pink granite, variety 1 - sample 4 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): coarse pink granite, variety 2 (from modern quarry on Sehel Island)

Aswan (#5): fine pink granite, variety 1 - sample 1 (from outcrops on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): fine pink granite, variety 1 - sample 2 (from modern quarry in the Korror-Mesitot area)

Aswan (#5): fine gray granite, variety 2 - sample 1 (from modern quarry in the Korror-Mesitot area)

Aswan (#5): fine gray granite, variety 2 - sample 2 (from modern quarry on Sehel Island)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 1 - sample 1 (from outcrop on Gebel Togok)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 1 - sample 2 (from outcrop on Gebel Togok)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 2 - sample 1 (from Raouf quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 2 - sample 2 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 2 - sample 3 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 2 - sample 4 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 3 (from outcrop on Gebel Togok)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 4 (from outcrop on Gebel Togok)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 5 - sample 1 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 5 - sample 2 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 6 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 7 - sample 1 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): black granodiorite, variety 7 - sample 2 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#5): transitional coarse pink granite-black granodiorite (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Chephren's Quarry (#6): anorthosite gneiss, variety 1 (from Quartz Ridge)

Chephren's Quarry (#6): anorthosite gneiss, variety 2 - sample 1 (from Quartz Ridge)

Chephren's Quarry (#6): anorthosite gneiss, variety 2 - sample 2 (from Chisel/Khufu Quarry)

Chephren's Quarry (#6): anorthosite gneiss, variety 2 - sample 3 (from Chisel/Khufu Quarry)

Chephren's Quarry (#6): anorthosite gneiss, variety 2 - sample 4 (from Chisel/Khufu Quarry)

Tumbos (#7): granite gneiss, sample 1

Tumbos (#7): granite gneiss, sample 2

Tumbos (#7): granite gneiss, sample 3

Tumbos (#7): granite

Daygah (#8): granite gneiss

Daygah (#8): granite gneiss with pegmatite vein

Daygah (#8): granite pegmatite

Gebel Manzal el-Seyl (#9): tuffaceous limestone

Gebel Manzal el-Seyl (#9): calcareous tuff

Wadi Umm Sidri (#10): alkali-feldspar quartz syenite porphyry, sample 1

Wadi Umm Sidri (#10): alkali-feldspar quartz syenite porphyry, sample 2

Gebel Dokhan/Mons Porphyrites (#11a): purplish-red andesite porphyry, Imperial Porphyry - variety 'a', subvariety 1 (from the Northwest Quarry)

Gebel Dokhan/Mons Porphyrites (#11a): purplish-red dacite porphyry, Imperial Porphyry - variety 'a', subvariety 2 (from the West Quarry)

Gebel Dokhan/Mons Porphyrites (#11a): greenish-black dacite porphyry, variety 'b' (from the East Quarry)

Gebel Dokhan/Mons Porphyrites (#11a): black andesite-dacite porphyry, variety 'c' (from the Northeast Quarry)

Wadi Umm Towat (#13): trachyandesite porphyry

Wadi Umm Balad (#14): quartz diorite

Wadi Umm Shegilat (#16): pegmatitic diorite, sample 1

Wadi Umm Shegilat (#16): pegmatitic diorite, sample 2

Mons Claudianus (#17): tonalite gneiss, sample 1

Mons Claudianus (#17): tonalite gneiss, sample 2

Wadi Barud (#18): quartz diorite, variety 'a', sample 1

Wadi Barud (#18): quartz diorite, variety 'a', sample 2

Wadi Barud (#18): quartz diorite, variety 'b'

Wadi Umm Huyut (#19): tonalite gneiss

Wadi Fatiri el-Bayda (#20): quartz diorite

Wadi Umm Wikala (#21): gabbro, variety 'a'

Wadi Umm Wikala (#21): gabbro, variety 'b', sample 1

Wadi Umm Wikala (#21): gabbro, variety 'b', sample 2

Wadi Abu Gerida (#22): syenite porphyry, variety 'a'

Wadi Abu Gerida (#22): syenite porphyry, variety 'b'

Wadi Maghrabiya (#23): gabbro, variety 'a'

Wadi Maghrabiya (#23): gabbro, variety 'b'

Wadi Maghrabiya (#23): gabbro, variety 'c'

Wadi Maghrabiya (#23): gabbro, variety 'd'

Wadi Hameda (#24): chert

Wadi Umm Esh (#25): serpentinite

Bir Umm Fawakhir (#26): granodiorite

Wadi Hammamat - Eastern Quarry (#27a): green graywacke sandstone, variety 1

Wadi Hammamat - Eastern Quarry (#27a): gray graywacke sandstone, variety 2

Wadi Hammamat - Eastern Quarry (#27a): conglomerate, sample 1

Wadi Hammamat - Eastern Quarry (#27a): conglomerate, sample 2

Wadi Hammamat - Western Quarry (#27b): conglomerate

Gebel Umm Naqqat (#28): diorite

Wadi Abu Bokari [el-Bakriya] (#29): granodiorite, sample 1

Wadi Abu Bokari [el-Bakriya] (#29): granodiorite, sample 2

Rod el-Gamra (#30): dolerite porphyry

SOFTSTONES ____________________

LIMESTONE

Tura (#6) - Mokattam Fm.

Masara (#7) - Mokattam Fm.

el-Babein (#9) - Samalut Fm.

Zawyet Sultan (#16) - Samalut Fm.

Beni Hasan (#21) - Minia Fm., variety 1

Beni Hasan (#21) - Minia Fm., variety 2

Wadi el-Nakla (#25) - Minia Fm.

el-Maabda (#38) - Minia Fm.

Qaw el-Kebir (#75) - Drunka Fm., variety 1

Qaw el-Kebir (#75) - Drunka Fm., variety 2

Qaw el-Kebir (#78) - Drunka Fm., red-and-white breccia

Gebel el-Haridi (#78) - Drunka Fm.

el-Gebelein (#86) - Serai Fm.

el-Dibabiya (#91) - Tarawan Fm.

TRAVERTINE

Wadi Garawi (#1)

Wadi Araba (#2)

Wadi Sannur (#3) - variety 1

Wadi Sannur (#3) - variety 2

Wadi Sannur (#3) - variety 3

Hatnub (#8)

Wadi Assiut (#9)

SANDSTONE

el-Mahamid (#2) - sample 1

el-Mahamid (#2) - sample 2

Gebel el-Silsila - west (#9a)

Gebel el-Silsila - east (#9b)

STEATITE

Wadi Mubarak (#4): steatite

Wadi Abu Qureya (#5): steatite, sample 1

Wadi Abu Qureya (#5): steatite, sample 2

Wadi Abu Qureya (#5): steatite, sample 3

Wadi Abu Qureya (#5): steatite, sample 4

Wadi el-Humra (#6): steatite, sample 1

Wadi el-Humra (#6): steatite, sample 2

Gebel Rod el-Barram (#8): steatite, variety 'a'

Gebel Rod el-Barram (#8): steatite, variety 'b'

Gebel Rod el-Barram (#8): steatite, variety 'c'

OTHER SOFTSTONES

Umm el-Sawan (#1): rock gypsum

Wadi Mia (#3): marble

 

James A. Harrell and V. Max Brown
Department of Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences
The Univ. of Toledo

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