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
published by Damascus University
in 2013
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العربية
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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 % .
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