TABLE 3:
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GEMSTONE QUARRIES

* * * * * SINAI PENINSULA * * * * *

1. at Bir Nasib [29d 2.2m N, 33d 23.9m E] (MK-NK) -- turquoise

2. at Serabit el-Khadim [29d 2.2m N, 33d 27.5m E] (MK-LP) -- turquoise

3. in Wadi Maghara [28d 54m N, 33d 22m E] (ED-NK) -- turquoise

* * * * * EASTERN DESERT * * * * *

4. in Wadi Abu Diyeiba [26d 32m N, 33d 50m E] (Pt-R) -- amethyst

5. at Gebel Migif [24d 48.4m N, 34d 27.2m E] (NK:18) -- amazonite

6. in Wadi Fayrouz at Gebel Hafafit [24d 45.3m N, 34d 34.4m E] (Pt-R) -- amazonite

7. at Gebel Zabara [24d 46.3m N, 34d 43.1m E] (R-Is) -- beryl (emerald)

8. in Wadi Sikait [24d 39.5m N, 34d 47.8m E] (late Pt-R) -- beryl (emerald)

9. at Gebel Umm Harba [24d 38.4m N, 34d 49.7m E] (R) -- beryl (emerald)

10. in Wadi Abu Rasheid [24d 38.2m N, 34d 45.9m E] (R) -- beryl (emerald)

11. in Wadi Nugrus [24d 37.2m N, 34d 46.4m E] (R) -- beryl (emerald)

12. at Umm Kabu [24d 35.3m N, 34d 53.6m E] (R) -- beryl (emerald)

13. in Wadi el-Hudi [23d 57.7m N, 33d 7.8m E] (MK) -- amethyst

* * * * * RED SEA * * * * *

14. on Zabargad (St. John's) Island [23d 36.5m N, 36d 11.7m E] (Pt-R) -- peridot

* * * * * WESTERN DESERT * * * * *

15. at Stela Ridge near Gebel el-Asr [22d 54m N, 31d 19m E] (mainly MK but also ED-R) -- carnelian and other varieties of colored chalcedony, including banded agate



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


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