Corsi 989, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 989 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Gabbro eufotide, from Wadi Maghrabiya, Eastern Desert, Egypt |
| Geological description: | Weakly metamorphosed coarse-grained gabbro with a subtle schiller to the plagioclase feldspar. |
| Comments: | This is Harrell's variety 'c' of the four varieties of gabbro or metagabbro forming Precambrian basement beds at Wadi Maghrabiya. |
| References: | Harrell (2010a); Mielsch (1985) 70, taf.24; Price (2007) 196; Repetti (1833) v2:139, v3:387-389 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 16. Granites; i. Antique granite |
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| Corsi's text: | 209.38/ S27.4 Altro [Granito antico] |