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Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6

Localities:

Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon crater), Ramat Negev Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Shen Ramon syenite, Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon crater), Ramat Negev Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Afwillite

Formula: Ca3(HSiO4)2 · 2H2O

Localities:

ⓘ Åkermanite

Formula: Ca2Mg[Si2O7]

ⓘ Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ Alforsite

Formula: Ba5(PO4)3Cl

References:

Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2020) Walstromite, BaCa2(Si3O9), from Rankinite Paralava within Gehlenite Hornfels of the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Minerals, 10 (5) 407 doi:10.3390/min10050407

ⓘ 'Alkali Feldspar'

ⓘ Allabogdanite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)2P

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Gorelova, Liudmila A., Vlasenko, Natalia S., Pakhomova, Anna S., Zaitsev, Anatoly N., Zolotarev, Andrey A., Bykov, Maxim, Lozhkin, Maksim S., Nestola, Fabrizio (2021) Discovery of terrestrial allabogdanite (Fe,Ni)2P, and the effect of Ni and Mo substitution on the barringerite-allabogdanite high-pressure transition. American Mineralogist, 106 (6) 944-952 doi:10.2138/am-2021-7621

ⓘ Alunite

Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ 'Amber'

ⓘ Amicite

Formula: K2Na2Al4Si4O16 · 5H2O

References:

Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Juroszek, Rafał, Schӓfer, Christof, Galuskina, Irina (2023) New data on minerals with the GIS framework-type structure: gismondine-Sr from the Bellerberg volcano, Germany, and amicite and Ba-rich gismondine from the Hatrurim Complex, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 87 (3) 443-454 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.27

ⓘ Analcime

Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O

References:

Lang, B., Hebeda, E. H., Priem, H. N. A., Verdurmen, E. A., & Steinitz, G. (1988). K-Ar and Rb-Sr ages of early Cretaceous magmatic rocks from Makhtesh Ramon, southern Israel. Israel Journal of Earth-Sciences, 37(2-3), 65-72.

Vapnik, Y., Sharygin, V. V., Samoilov, V., & Yudalevich, Z. (2007). The petrogenesis of basic and ultrabasic alkaline rocks of western Makhtesh Ramon, Israel: geochemistry, melt and fluid inclusion study. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 96(4), 663-684.

ⓘ Anastasenkoite (TL)

Formula: CaFe2+(P2O7)

Type Locality:

References:

Britvin, S. N., Murashko, M. N., Vapnik, Y., Vlasenko, N. S., Vereshchagin, O. S., Bocharov, V. N., Krzhizhanovskaya, M. G., Lozhkin, M. S., Zolotarev, A.

ⓘ Andradite

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Southern Hatrurim Basin, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Andreyivanovite

Formula: FeCrP

ⓘ Anhydrite

Formula: CaSO4

ⓘ Anorthite

Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)

ⓘ Aradite

Formula: BaCa6[(SiO4)(VO4)](VO4)2F

References:

Galuskina, Irina O., Galuskin, Evgeny V., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Prusik, Krystian, Stasiak, Marta, Dzierżanowski, Piotr, Murashko, Mikhail (2017) Gurimite, Ba3(VO4)2 and hexacelsian, BaAl2Si2O8 – two new minerals from schorlomite-rich paralava of the Hatrurim Complex, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (4) 1009-1019 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.147

ⓘ Aragonite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities:

Ein Gedi, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Aravaite (TL)

Formula: Ba2Ca18(SiO4)6(PO4)3(CO3)F3O

Type Locality:

References:

Krüger, Biljana, Krüger, Hannes, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Galuskina, Irina O., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Olieric, Vincent, Pauluhn, Anuschka (2018) Aravaite, Ba2Ca18(SiO4)6(PO4)3(CO3)F3O: modular structure and disorder of a new mineral with single and triple antiperovskite layers. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, 74 (6) 492-501 doi:10.1107/s2052520618012271

Galuskin, Evgeny, Galuskina, Irina, Krüger, Biljana, Krüger, Hannes, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Środek, Dorota, Zieliński, Grzegorz (2021) Nomenclature and classification of the arctite supergroup. Aravaite, Ba2Ca18(SiO4)6[(PO4)3(CO3)]F3O, a new arctite supergroup mineral from Negev Desert, Israel. The Canadian Mineralogist, 59 (1) 191-209 doi:10.3749/canmin.2000035

Britvin, Sergey N., Galuskina, Irina O., Vlasenko, Natalia S., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Bocharov, Vladimir N., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Galuskin, Evgeny V., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Obolonskaya, Edita V. (2021) Keplerite, Ca9(Ca0.5☐0.5)Mg(PO4)7, a new meteoritic and terrestrial phosphate isomorphous with merrillite, Ca9NaMg(PO4)7. American Mineralogist, 106 (12) 1917-1927 doi:10.2138/am-2021-7834

ⓘ Arfvedsonite

Formula: [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2

ⓘ Ariegilatite (TL)

Formula: BaCa12(SiO4)4(PO4)2F2O

Type Locality:

References:

Galuskin, Evgeny, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Krüger, Hannes, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Wojdyla, Justyna, Murashko, Mikhail (2018) New mineral with modular structure derived from Hatrurite from the pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim complex: Ariegilatite, BaCa12(SiO4)4(PO4)2F2O, from Negev Desert, Israel. Minerals, 8 (3) 109 doi:10.3390/min8030109

ⓘ Barioferrite

Formula: BaFe3+12O19

Localities:

Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Barringerite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)2P

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Polekhovsky, Yury S., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Gorelova, Liudmila A., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Zaitsev, Anatoly N. (2019) Murashkoite, FeP, a new terrestrial phosphide from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Formation, South Levant. Mineralogy and Petrology, 113 (2) 237-248 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0647-y

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Barytocalcite

Formula: BaCa(CO3)2

References:

ⓘ Beershevaite (TL)

Formula: CaFe3+3(PO4)3O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Bennesherite (TL)

Formula: Ba2Fe2+[Si2O7]

Type Locality:

References:

Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2022) Bennesherite, Ba2Fe2+Si2O7: A new melilite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. American Mineralogist, 107 (1) 138-146 doi:10.2138/am-2021-7747

ⓘ Bentorite

Formula: Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O

ⓘ Birnessite

Formula: (Na,Ca)0.5(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4 · 1.5H2O

ⓘ Bredigite

Formula: Ca7Mg(SiO4)4

ⓘ Brownmillerite

Formula: Ca2(Al,Fe3+)2O5

Localities:

Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Brucite

Formula: Mg(OH)2

References:

ⓘ Calciolangbeinite

Formula: K2Ca2(SO4)3

References:

Galuskin, Evgeny V., Galuskina, Irina O., Gfeller, Frank, Krüger, Biljana, Kusz, Joachim, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2016) Silicocarnotite, Ca5 (SiO4)(PO4), a new ,,old'' mineral from the Negev Desert, Israel, and the ternesite–silicocarnotite solid solution: indicators of high-temperature alteration of pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, Southern Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (1) 105-123 doi:10.1127/ejm/2015/0027-2494

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Carnotite

Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

ⓘ Caswellsilverite

Formula: NaCrS2

References:

Galuskin, E.V., Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Zieliński, G. (2023): Discovery of “meteoritic” layered disulphides ACrS2 (A = Na, Cr, Ag) in terrestrial rock. Minerals, 13, 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13030381

ⓘ Celestine

Formula: SrSO4

References:

Anenburg, M., Bialik, O. M., Vapnik, Y., Chapman, H. J., Antler, G., Katzir, Y., & Bickle, M. J. (2014). The origin of celestine–quartz–calcite geodes associated with a basaltic dyke, Makhtesh Ramon, Israel. Geological Magazine, 151(5), 798-815.

ⓘ Celsian

Formula: Ba(Al2Si2O8)

References:

ⓘ Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

References:

ⓘ Chlormayenite

Formula: Ca12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]

ⓘ Chromatite

Formula: CaCr6+O4

ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Cohenite

Formula: Fe3C

ⓘ Copper

Formula: Cu

ⓘ Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

References:

Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Hannes, Vapnik, Yevgeny (2021) Kahlenbergite KAl11O17, a new β-alumina, mineral and Fe-rich hibonite from the Hatrurim Basin, the Negev desert, Israel. European Journal of Mineralogy, 33 (4) 341-355 doi:10.5194/ejm-33-341-2021

ⓘ Cotunnite

Formula: PbCl2

ⓘ Cristobalite

Formula: SiO2

References:

ⓘ Crocobelonite-1M (TL)

Formula: CaFe3+2O(PO4)2

Type Locality:

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Mikhail N., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Vlasenko, Natalia S., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Bocharov, Vladimir N. (2023) Crocobelonite, CaFe3+2(PO4)2O, a new oxyphosphate mineral, the product of pyrolytic oxidation of natural phosphides. American Mineralogist, 108 (10) 1973-1983 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8757

ⓘ Cryptomelane

Formula: K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16

ⓘ Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

References:

ⓘ Cuspidine

Formula: Ca8(Si2O7)2F4

Localities:

Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Daubréelite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4

ⓘ Delafossite

Formula: CuFeO2

ⓘ Devilliersite (TL)

Formula: Ca4Ca2Fe3+10O4[(Fe3+10Si2)O36]

Type Locality:

ⓘ Dinite

Formula: C20H36

ⓘ Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

ⓘ 'Djerfisherite Group'

ⓘ Dorrite

Formula: Ca4(Mg3Fe3+9)O4(Si3Al8Fe3+O36)

Localities:

Kahlenbergite occurrence, Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Elbrusite

Formula: Ca3(U6+0.5Zr1.5)[Fe3+O4]3

References:

ⓘ 'Ellestadite'

ⓘ 'Ellestadite Group'

ⓘ Ellinaite (TL)

Formula: CaCr2O4

Type Locality:

Description: In paralavas

References:

Sharygin, Victor V., Britvin, Sergey N., Kaminsky, Felix V., Wirth, Richard, Nigmatulina, Elena N., Yakovlev, Grigory A., Novoselov, Konstantin A., Murashko, Mikhail N. (2021) Ellinaite, CaCr2O4, a new natural post-spinel oxide from Hatrurim Basin, Israel, and Juína kimberlite field, Brazil. European Journal of Mineralogy, 33 (6) 727-742 doi:10.5194/ejm-33-727-2021

ⓘ Esseneite

Formula: CaFe3+[AlSiO6]

References:

ⓘ Ettringite

Formula: Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O

Localities:

Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Southern Hatrurim Basin, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

References:

ⓘ Flamite (TL)

Formula: Ca8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x

Localities:

Southern Hatrurim Basin, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Flörkeite

Formula: (K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32] · 12H2O

References:

Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Galuskina, Irina O., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2022) Flörkeite, (K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O: A rare zeolite from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, Israel. Lithosphere, 2022 (1) doi:10.2113/2022/1343791

ⓘ 'Fluocerite'

ⓘ Fluoralforsite (TL)

Formula: Ba5(PO4)3F

Type Locality:

References:

Bosi, Ferdinando, Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2023) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 71. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35 (1) 75-79 doi:10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023

ⓘ Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Fluorellestadite

Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F

Localities:

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

ⓘ Fluorkyuygenite (TL)

Formula: Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2]

ⓘ Fluormayenite

Formula: Ca12Al14O32F2

References:

ⓘ Foshagite

Formula: Ca4(Si3O9)(OH)2

References:

Galuskin, Evgeny V., Gfeller, Frank, Armbruster, Thomas, Galuskina, Irina O., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Dulski, Mateusz, Murashko, Mikhail, Dzierżanowski, Piotr, Sharygin, Viktor V., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Wirth, Richard (2015) Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27 (1) 123-136 doi:10.1127/ejm/2015/0027-2420

ⓘ Fresnoite

Formula: Ba2Ti(Si2O7)O

References:

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

References:

ⓘ Gazeevite (TL)

Formula: BaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Gehlenite

Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7]

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Gibbsite

Formula: Al(OH)3

ⓘ Gismondine-Sr (TL)

Formula: Sr4(Si8Al8O32) · 9H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Galuskina, Irina O., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny V. (2023) Gismondine-Sr, Sr4(Al8Si8O32)·9H2O, a new strontium dominant, orthorhombic zeolite of the gismondine series from the Hatrurim Complex, Israel. American Mineralogist, 108 (2) 249-258 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8376

ⓘ 'Glass'

References:

ⓘ Gmalimite (TL)

Formula: K6◻Fe2+24S27

Type Locality:

ⓘ Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

ⓘ Gorerite (TL)

Formula: CaAlFe3+11O19

ⓘ Görgeyite ?

Formula: K2Ca5(SO4)6 · H2O

References:

ⓘ Grokhovskyite

Formula: CuCrS2

References:

Galuskin, E.V., Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Zieliński, G. (2023): Discovery of “meteoritic” layered disulphides ACrS2 (A = Na, Cr, Ag) in terrestrial rock. Minerals, 13, 381.

ⓘ Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Grossular var. Hydrogrossular

ⓘ Gurimite (TL)

Formula: Ba3(VO4)2

Description: occur in oval polymineralic inclusions in paralava

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Localities:

Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon crater), Ramat Negev Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Clastic dikes, Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Halamishite (TL)

Formula: Ni5P4

Type Locality:

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Mikhail N., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Polekhovsky, Yury S., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Vlasenko, Natalia S., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G. (2020) Halamishite, Ni5P4, a new terrestrial phosphide in the Ni–P system. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 47 (1) doi:10.1007/s00269-019-01073-7

ⓘ Halite

Formula: NaCl

ⓘ Harmunite

Formula: CaFe2O4

ⓘ Hashemite

Formula: BaCr6+O4

ⓘ Heazlewoodite

Formula: Ni3S2

References:

ⓘ Hedenbergite

Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6

References:

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Hexacelsian (TL)

Formula: BaAl2Si2O8

Type Locality:

References:

ⓘ Hibonite

Formula: CaAl12O19

ⓘ Hillebrandite

Formula: Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2

ⓘ Hollandite

Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16

ⓘ Hydrocalumite

Formula: Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O

ⓘ 'Hydrogarnet'

Localities:

Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F) · 8H2O

References:

Sokol, E. V., Gaskova, O. L., Kozmenko, O. A., Kokh, S. N., Vapnik, E. A., Novikova, S. A., & Nigmatulina, E. N. (2014, November). Clastic dikes of the Hatrurim basin (western flank of the Dead Sea) as natural analogues of alkaline concretes: Mineralogy, solution chemistry, and durability. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 459, No. 1, pp. 1436-1441). Pleiades Publishing.

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

References:

ⓘ Iron

Formula: Fe

ⓘ Jacobsite

Formula: Mn2+Fe3+2O4

ⓘ Kabalovite (TL)

Formula: Fe2+3Fe3+4(PO4)6

Type Locality:

ⓘ Kahlenbergite (TL)

Formula: KAl11O17

ⓘ Kalsilite

Formula: KAlSiO4

References:

ⓘ Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ Katoite

Formula: Ca3Al2[◻(OH)4]3

ⓘ Keplerite

Formula: Ca9(Ca0.5◻0.5)Mg(PO4)7

References:

ⓘ Kerimasite

Formula: Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2

References:

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

ⓘ Khesinite (TL)

Formula: Ca4(Mg3Fe3+9)O4(Fe3+9Si3)O36

Localities:

Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ 'Lanthanite'

ⓘ Lanthanite-(Ce)

Formula: (Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3 · 8H2O

ⓘ Larnite

Formula: Ca2SiO4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Laurionite

Formula: PbCl(OH)

ⓘ Levantite (TL)

Formula: KCa3Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(PO4)

Type Locality:

References:

Galuskin, Evgeny V., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Hannes, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Pauluhn, Anuschka, Olieric, Vincent (2019) Levantite, KCa3(Al2Si3)O11(PO4), a new latiumite-group mineral from the pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (5) 713-721 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.37

ⓘ 'Limonite'

ⓘ Lisanite (TL)

Formula: CaNiP2O7

Type Locality:

ⓘ Maghemite

Formula: (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4

References:

ⓘ Magnesioferrite

Formula: MgFe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities:

Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ 'Melilite Group'

Formula: Ca2M(XSiO7)

ⓘ Merrillite

Formula: Ca9NaMg(PO4)7

ⓘ Merwinite

Formula: Ca3Mg(SiO4)2

ⓘ Metatyuyamunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

ⓘ 'Monazite'

Formula: REE(PO4)

ⓘ Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(PO4)

ⓘ Murashkoite (TL)

Formula: FeP

Type Locality:

References:

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

ⓘ Nabateaite (TL)

Formula: Fe2P2O7

Type Locality:

ⓘ Nabimusaite

Formula: KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F

References:

Galuskin, E. V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I. O., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Włodyka, R., Dzierżanowski, P. (2015) New minerals with a modular structure derived from hatrurite from the pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex. Part I. Nabimusaite, KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F, from larnite rocks of Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (5) 1061-1072 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.5.03

ⓘ Nagelschmidtite

Formula: Ca7(SiO4)2(PO4)2

ⓘ Nataliakulikite (TL)

Formula: Ca4Ti2(Fe3+,Fe2+)(Si,Fe3+,Al)O11

Type Locality:

ⓘ Nazarovite (TL)

Formula: Ni12P5

Type Locality:

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Mikhail N., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Lozhkin, Maksim S., Obolonskaya, Edita V. (2022) Nazarovite, Ni12P5, a new terrestrial and meteoritic mineral structurally related to nickelphosphide, Ni3P. American Mineralogist, 107 (10) 1946-1951 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8219

ⓘ Negevite (TL)

Formula: NiP2

Type Locality:

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Michail N., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Polekhovsky, Yury S., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G. (2020) Negevite, the pyrite-type NiP2, a new terrestrial phosphide. American Mineralogist, 105 (3) 422-427 doi:10.2138/am-2020-7192

ⓘ Nepheline

Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16)

ⓘ Oldhamite

Formula: (Ca,Mg)S

References:

ⓘ Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

ⓘ Opal var. Opal-CT

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

References:

ⓘ Osbornite

Formula: TiN

ⓘ Periclase

Formula: MgO

ⓘ Periclase var. Ferropericlase

Formula: (Mg,Fe)O

ⓘ Perovskite

Formula: CaTiO3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Petroleum'

ⓘ 'Petroleum var. Bitumen'

ⓘ Phosphocyclite-(Fe) (TL)

Formula: Fe2+2(P4O12)

Type Locality:

ⓘ Phosphocyclite-(Ni) (TL)

Formula: Ni2(P4O12)

Type Locality:

ⓘ Pliniusite (TL)

Formula: Ca5(VO4)3F

Type Locality:

References:

Pekov, Igor V., Koshlyakova, Natalia N., Zubkova, Natalia V., Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Belakovskiy, Dmitry I., Galuskina, Irina O., Galuskin, Evgeny V., Britvin, Sergey N., Sidorov, Evgeny G., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu (2022) Pliniusite, Ca5(VO4)3F, a new apatite-group mineral and the novel natural ternary solid-solution system pliniusite–svabite–fluorapatite. American Mineralogist, 107 (8) 1626-1634 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8100

ⓘ Polekhovskyite (TL)

Formula: MoNiP2

Type Locality:

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Mikhail N., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Vlasenko, Natalia S., Permyakov, Vitalii V. (2022) Expanding the speciation of terrestrial molybdenum: Discovery of polekhovskyite, MoNiP2, and insights into the sources of Mo-phosphides in the Dead Sea Transform area. American Mineralogist, 107 (12) 2201-2211 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8261

ⓘ Portlandite

Formula: Ca(OH)2

ⓘ Pseudobrookite

Formula: Fe2TiO5

ⓘ 'Pseudowollastonite'

Formula: CaSiO3

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities:

Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Shen Ramon syenite, Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon crater), Ramat Negev Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn4+O2

ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

References:

ⓘ Qeltite

Formula: Ca3TiSi2(Fe3+2Si)O14

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon crater), Ramat Negev Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Scorpions Pass, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Ein Avadat, Ramat Negev Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Shen Ramon syenite, Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon crater), Ramat Negev Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Negev, Israel

ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Rankinite

Formula: Ca3Si2O7

Localities:

Southern Hatrurim Basin, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Samraite (TL)

Formula: Ni2P2O7

Type Locality:

ⓘ Sanbornite

Formula: Ba2(Si4O10)

References:

ⓘ Schöllhornite

Formula: Na0.3CrS2 · H2O

ⓘ Schorlomite

Formula: Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2

ⓘ Schreibersite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P

ⓘ Sharyginite

Formula: Ca3TiFe2O8

ⓘ Shasuite (TL)

Formula: CaNi3(P2O7)2

Type Locality:

ⓘ Shulamitite (TL)

Formula: Ca3TiFe3+AlO8

Localities:

Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

ⓘ Silicocarnotite (TL)

Formula: Ca5[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)

Type Locality:

References:

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

ⓘ Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

ⓘ Spurrite

Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)

Localities:

Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Srebrodolskite

Formula: Ca2Fe3+2O5

ⓘ Stanfieldite

Formula: Ca4Mg5(PO4)6

References:

ⓘ Stracherite

Formula: BaCa6(SiO4)2[(PO4)(CO3)]2F

References:

ⓘ 'Synchysite'

Formula: Ca(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F

ⓘ 'Synchysite-(La)'

Formula: Ca(La,Nd)(CO3)2F

ⓘ Tacharanite

Formula: Ca12Al2Si18O33 (OH)36

Localities:

Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Clastic dikes, Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Tarapacáite

Formula: K2(CrO4)

ⓘ Tenorite

Formula: CuO

ⓘ Ternesite

Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(SO4)

References:

ⓘ 'Thomsonite Subgroup'

References:

ⓘ Tobermorite

Formula: Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)

References:

ⓘ Transjordanite

Formula: Ni2P

Description: cotype

ⓘ Trevorite

Formula: Ni2+Fe3+2O4

References:

ⓘ Tridymite

Formula: SiO2

References:

ⓘ Tyuyamunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Ag-Cr Sulphide)'

Formula: AgCrS2

References:

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Ca-Ti-Fe-Al Oxide II)'

Formula: Ca5Ti(Fe,Al)4O13

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Fe-Cr Sulphide Hydrate)'

Formula: {Fe0.3(Ba,Ca)0.2}CrS2 · 0.5H2O

ⓘ Uraninite ?

Formula: UO2

ⓘ Vorlanite

Formula: Ca(U6+)O4

ⓘ Walstromite

Formula: BaCa2(Si3O9)

Localities:

ⓘ Wöhlerite

Formula: Na2Ca4ZrNb(Si2O7)2O3F

ⓘ Wollastonite

Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

Localities:

Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ 'Xenotime'

References:

ⓘ Yakubovichite

Formula: CaNi2Fe3+(PO4)3

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Mikhail N., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Vlasenko, Natalia S., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Pankin, Dmitrii V., Zaitsev, Anatoly N., Zolotarev, Anatoly A. (2023) Yakubovichite, CaNi2Fe3+(PO4)3, a new nickel phosphate mineral of non-meteoritic origin. American Mineralogist, 108 (11) 2142-2150 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8800

ⓘ Ye'elimite

Formula: Ca4Al6(SO4)O12

Localities:

Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

ⓘ Zadovite

Formula: BaCa6[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)2F

References:

ⓘ 'Zeolite Group'

ⓘ Zoharite (TL)

Formula: (Ba,K)6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S27

Type Locality:

ⓘ Zuktamrurite (TL)

Formula: FeP2

Type Locality:

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Mikhail N., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Polekhovsky, Yury S., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Vlasenko, Natalia S., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Zaitsev, Anatoly N. (2019) Zuktamrurite, FeP2, a new mineral, the phosphide analogue of löllingite, FeAs2. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 46 (4) 361-369 doi:10.1007/s00269-018-1008-4