Jabal Al Noor (Makkah) Saudi-Arabia, A Rock of Precious Metals (Report‪)‬

Byline: Muhammad Adnan Iqbal Email: adnan_chem38@yahoo.com, Tariq Mahmuda, Shujah Zaibb, Muhammad Faisalb, Khuram Alid, Asma Iqbald ABSTRACT: The purpose of study was to assess concentration of some selected heavy metals along with selected alkali and alkaline earth metals in the sample of Jabal-al-Noor Makkah. Various parameters such as pH, EC, TDS, %age organic matter (OM), %age Lime, %age Sesquioxide and %age Silica were also studied by physical and chemical analysis. The alkali and alkaline earth metals like Li+ ,Na+ ,K+ ,Ca+2 ,Ba+2 were analyzed by flame photometer and transition metals like Cr+3 , Mn+2 ,Fe+2, Co+2, Ni+2,Cu+2, Ag+ and Cd+2 were determined by Atomic Absorption Spectrometer. X-ray diffraction Analysis was used to asses the presence of precious metals (Au, Pt, and U). Non metals like Cl-, P, and CO3 -2, were also determined by chemical analysis. The observed ranges of various physical parameters were as pH (7.15), EC (2.6mS/cm), % age Organic Matter (1.95), % age Lime (1.46), % age Sesquioxide (50.05) and % age Silica (41.45).