HARD STONES ____________________

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)

Tilal Sawda (#3): basalt

Wadi Abu Aggag (#4): red siliceous sandstone, variety 1 - sample 1

Wadi Abu Aggag (#4): red siliceous sandstone, variety 1 - sample 2

Wadi Abu Aggag (#4): brownish black siliceous sandstone, variety 2

Wadi Abu Aggag (#4): brown siliceous sandstone, variety 3

Wadi Abu Aggag (#4): gray siliceous sandstone, variety 4

Gebels Gulab & Tingar (#5): dark brown siliceous sandstone, variety 1 - sample 1 (from Gebel Saman)

Gebels Gulab & Tingar (#5): brown siliceous sandstone, variety 1 - sample 2 (from Gebel Tingar)

Gebels Gulab & Tingar (#5): red siliceous sandstone, variety 2 (from Gebel Gulab)

Gebels Gulab & Tingar (#5): pale brown siliceous sandstone, variety 3 (from Gebel Gulab)

Aswan (#6): coarse pink granite, variety 1 - sample 1 (from Hamada quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): coarse pink granite, variety 1 - sample 2 (from Hamada quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): coarse pink granite, variety 1- sample 3 (from Gemco quarry in the El Shellal district, near the Unfinished Sarcophagus)

Aswan (#6): coarse pink granite, variety 1 - sample 4 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): coarse pink granite, variety 2 (from modern quarry on Sehel Island)

Aswan (#6): fine pink granite, variety 1 - sample 1 (from outcrops on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): fine pink granite, variety 1 - sample 2 (from modern quarry in the Korror-Mesitot area)

Aswan (#6): fine gray granite, variety 2 - sample 1 (from modern quarry in the Korror-Mesitot area)

Aswan (#6): fine gray granite, variety 2 - sample 2 (from modern quarry on Sehel Island)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 1 - sample 1 (from outcrop on Gebel Togok)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 1 - sample 2 (from outcrop on Gebel Togok)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 2 - sample 1 (from Raouf quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 2 - sample 2 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 2 - sample 3 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 2 - sample 4 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 3 (from outcrop on Gebel Togok)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 4 (from outcrop on Gebel Togok)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 5 - sample 1 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 5 - sample 2 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

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

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 7 - sample 1 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): black granodiorite, variety 7 - sample 2 (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Aswan (#6): transitional coarse pink granite-black granodiorite (from modern quarry on Gebel Ibrahim Pasha)

Chephren's Quarry (#7): anorthosite gneiss, variety 1 (from Quartz Ridge)

Chephren's Quarry (#7): anorthosite gneiss, variety 2 - sample 1 (from Quartz Ridge)

Chephren's Quarry (#7): anorthosite gneiss, variety 2 - sample 2 (from Chisel/Khufu Quarry)

Chephren's Quarry (#7): anorthosite gneiss, variety 2 - sample 3 (from Chisel/Khufu Quarry)

Chephren's Quarry (#7): anorthosite gneiss, variety 2 - sample 4 (from Chisel/Khufu Quarry)

Tumbos (#8): granite gneiss, sample 1

Tumbos (#8): granite gneiss, sample 2

Tumbos (#8): granite gneiss, sample 3

Tumbos (#8): granite

Daygah (#9): granite gneiss

Daygah (#9): granite gneiss with pegmatite vein

Daygah (#9): granite pegmatite

Gebel Manzal el-Seyl (#10): tuffaceous limestone

Gebel Manzal el-Seyl (#10): calcareous tuff

Wadi Umm Sidri (#11): alkali-feldspar quartz syenite porphyry, sample 1

Wadi Umm Sidri (#11): alkali-feldspar quartz syenite porphyry, sample 2

Gebel Dokhan/Mons Porphyrites (#12a): purplish-red andesite porphyry, Imperial Porphyry - variety 'a', subvariety 1 (from the Northwest Quarry)

Gebel Dokhan/Mons Porphyrites (#12a): purplish-red dacite porphyry, Imperial Porphyry - variety 'a', subvariety 2 (from the West Quarry)

Gebel Dokhan/Mons Porphyrites (#12a): greenish-black dacite porphyry, variety 'b' (from the East Quarry)

Gebel Dokhan/Mons Porphyrites (#12a): black andesite-dacite porphyry, variety 'c' (from the Northeast Quarry)

Wadi Umm Towat (#14): trachyandesite porphyry

Wadi Umm Balad (#15): quartz diorite

Wadi Umm Shegilat (#17): pegmatitic diorite, sample 1

Wadi Umm Shegilat (#17): pegmatitic diorite, sample 2

Mons Claudianus (#18): tonalite gneiss, sample 1

Mons Claudianus (#18): tonalite gneiss, sample 2

Wadi Barud (#19): quartz diorite, variety 'a', sample 1

Wadi Barud (#19): quartz diorite, variety 'a', sample 2

Wadi Barud (#19): quartz diorite, variety 'b'

Wadi Umm Huyut (#20): tonalite gneiss

Wadi Fatiri el-Bayda (#21): quartz diorite

Wadi Umm Wikala (#22): gabbro, variety 'a'

Wadi Umm Wikala (#22): gabbro, variety 'b', sample 1

Wadi Umm Wikala (#22): gabbro, variety 'b', sample 2

Wadi Abu Gerida (#23): syenite porphyry, variety 'a'

Wadi Abu Gerida (#23): syenite porphyry, variety 'b'

Wadi Maghrabiya (#24): gabbro, variety 'a'

Wadi Maghrabiya (#24): gabbro, variety 'b'

Wadi Maghrabiya (#24): gabbro, variety 'c'

Wadi Maghrabiya (#24): gabbro, variety 'd'

Wadi Hameda (#25): chert

Wadi Umm Esh (#26): serpentinite

Bir Umm Fawakhir (#27): granodiorite

Wadi Hammamat - Eastern Quarry (#28a): green graywacke sandstone, variety 1

Wadi Hammamat - Eastern Quarry (#28a): gray graywacke sandstone, variety 2

Wadi Hammamat - Eastern Quarry (#28a): conglomerate, sample 1

Wadi Hammamat - Eastern Quarry (#28a): conglomerate, sample 2

Wadi Hammamat - Western Quarry (#28b): conglomerate, sample 1

Wadi Hammamat - Western Quarry (#28b): conglomerate, sample 2

Gebel Umm Naqqat (#29): pegmatitic diorite, variety 1 - sample 1

Gebel Umm Naqqat (#29): pegmatitic diorite, variety 1 - sample 2

Gebel Umm Naqqat (#29): pegmatitic diorite, variety 2 - sample 1

Wadi Abu Bokari [el-Bakriya] (#30): granodiorite, sample 1

Wadi Abu Bokari [el-Bakriya] (#30): granodiorite, sample 2

Rod el-Gamra (#31): dolerite porphyry

SOFT STONES ____________________

LIMESTONE

Tura (#5) - Observatory Formation of Mokattam Group.

Masara (#6) - Observatory Formation of Mokattam Group

Wadi Umm Zanatir (#94) - Mokattam Group (orange dolostone)

Wadi Abu Mu'aymil (#95) - Mokattam Group, variety 1 (black limestone)

Wadi Abu Mu'aymil (#95) - Mokattam Group, variety 2 (dark gray limestone)

Wadi Abu Mu'aymil (#95) - Mokattam Group, variety 3 (light gray limestone)

el-Babein (#14) - Samalut Formation of Mokattam Group

Zawyet el-Amwat (#20) - Samalut Formation of Mokattam Group

Beni Hassan el-Shuruq (#25) - Minia Formation, variety 1 limestone

Beni Hassan el-Shuruq (#25) - Minia Formation, variety 2 limestone

Wadi el-Nakhla (#30) - Minia Formation

Deir Abu Mina (#43) - Minia Formation

Qaw el-Kebir (#63) - Drunka Formation of Thebes Group, variety 1 limestone

Qaw el-Kebir (#63) - Drunka Formation of Thebes Group, variety 2 limestone

Qaw el-Kebir (modern quarry near #63) - Drunka Formation of Thebes Group, red-and-white limestone breccia

Nazlet el-Haridi (#71) - Drunka Formation of Thebes Group

Wadi Abu Gilbana (modern quarry near #76) - Drunka Formation of Thebes Group, red-and-white limestone breccia

el-Issawia Sharq (modern but possibly ancient quarry near #76) - Drunka Formation of Thebes Group, red-and-white limestone breccia

el-Dibabiya (#88) - Tarawan Formation

el-Gebelein (#89) - Serai Formation of Thebes Group

TRAVERTINE

Wadi el-Garawi (#2)

Wadi Araba (#3)

Wadi Umm Argub near Wadi Sannur (#4) - variety 1

Wadi Umm Argub near Wadi Sannur (#4) - variety 2

Wadi Umm Argub near Wadi Sannur (#4) - variety 3

Hatnub (#9)

Wadi Assiut (#10)

SANDSTONE

el-Mahamid (#1) - sample 1

el-Mahamid (#1) - sample 2

Gebel el-Silsila - west (#11a)

Gebel el-Silsila - east (#11b)

STEATITE

Wadi Mubarak (#8): steatite

Wadi Abu Qureya (#10): steatite, sample 1

Wadi Abu Qureya (#10): steatite, sample 2

Wadi Abu Qureya (#10): steatite, sample 3

Wadi Abu Qureya (#10): steatite, sample 4

Wadi el-Humra (#9): steatite, sample 1

Wadi el-Humra (#9): steatite, sample 2

Gebel Rod el-Barram (#12): steatite, variety 'a'

Gebel Rod el-Barram (#12): steatite, variety 'b'

Gebel Rod el-Barram (#12): steatite, variety 'c'

OTHER SOFT STONES

Umm el-Sawan (#1): rock gypsum

Wadi Mia (#14): marble

 

James A. Harrell
Department of Environmental Sciences
The University of Toledo

 

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