Ophiolite of Lizq Area, Mudhaibi, Oman
Ophiolite in Oman covered large areas in the eastern, interior and northern regions of Oman. Here are some of the outcrops that I have visited in Lizq in the north-eastern part of Oman (Figure-1).
Lizq is a village in the Wilayat Al-Muhasibi which is the largest state in the Eastern Region of Oman. There are some few ophiolite mountains cropped out in the village. If you move to the south of Lizq there are red deep marine sediments belongs to Hawasina Group with no evidence of Ophiolite. Therefore, the ophiolite mountains in Lizq represent the front line of the of the ophiolite obduction zone.
The Location that been visited is a place where a small mountain of ophiolite has been used to place a water reservoir at the top. The mountain has been cut and flattened. Because of this, fresh blocks of ophiolite scattered in the mountain sides shown from a very far distance as a light grey blocks (Figure-2).
Ophiolite in Oman covered large areas in the eastern, interior and northern regions of Oman. Here are some of the outcrops that I have visited in Lizq in the north-eastern part of Oman (Figure-1).
Lizq is a village in the Wilayat Al-Muhasibi which is the largest state in the Eastern Region of Oman. There are some few ophiolite mountains cropped out in the village. If you move to the south of Lizq there are red deep marine sediments belongs to Hawasina Group with no evidence of Ophiolite. Therefore, the ophiolite mountains in Lizq represent the front line of the of the ophiolite obduction zone.
The Location that been visited is a place where a small mountain of ophiolite has been used to place a water reservoir at the top. The mountain has been cut and flattened. Because of this, fresh blocks of ophiolite scattered in the mountain sides shown from a very far distance as a light grey blocks (Figure-2).
Figure-1: Location of the area that been visted. Lizq, Al-Mudhaibi.
Figure-2: Ophiolite mountain been flattened from the top for building. Fresh ophiolite blocks (ligh grey) are scattered up and down the hill.
Figure-3: Fresh block of ophiolite.
Figure-4: Zoom-in to an ophiolite block showing light gray to light green minerals and dark grey to green minerals
Figure-5: Fresh surface of hand specimen collected from the site. Note the scale of the crystals and the light green to whitish minerals and the dark green to grey color minerals. This rock interpreted as Plutenic Gabbro. Therefore the minerals that are shown are possibly plagioclase and pyroxene (augite) with olivine.
Figure-6: Light and dark minerals ophiolite rock interpreted as Gabbro
