New data about Physical characteristics of Tripoli deposits in Palmyra Area (North 0f Sawwanet El-Hamra - North of Ghadir El-Hamal-Syria) and its economic importance


Abstract in English

Tripoli in the studied area is a porous, friable and lightweight siliceous sedimentary rock composed mainly of microcrystalline quartz, and were found to be resulting from silicification of limestone, and consists of microcrystalline quartz and impurities of calcite and halite; the silica ratio ranged between 63.01 – 96.75 % .

References used

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Hunting geology and geophysics LTD (1975). Mineral exploration and development in Syria . 140-150p

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