Hatrurim Formation, Middle East (original) (raw)

Aegirine

Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6

References:

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

Aegirine-augite

Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6

Afwillite

Formula: Ca3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2] · 2H2O

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

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

Allabogdanite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)2P

Allophane

Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

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

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: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

'Andradite-Schorlomite Series'

Andreyivanovite

Formula: FeCrP

Anhydrite

Formula: CaSO4

Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

Anorthite

Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)

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

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

'Apophyllite Group'

Formula: A B4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O

Aradite (TL)

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

Aragonite

Formula: CaCO3

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

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

Ariegilatite (TL)

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

Asbolane

Formula: (Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Augite

Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6

Augite var. Fassaite

Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]

'Ba-ferrite' (FRL)

Formula: BaMg2Fe3+16 O27

Type Locality:

Barioferrite (TL)

Formula: BaFe3+12O19

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Barringerite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)2P

Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

'Baryte-Hashemite Series'

References:

Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.

Barytocalcite

Formula: BaCa(CO3)2

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, 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

Bassanite

Formula: Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O

Bayerite (TL)

Formula: Al(OH)3

Type Locality:

Bayleyite

Formula: Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3 · 18H2O

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 (TL)

Formula: Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O

Localities:

Hatrurim Formation, Middle East
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine

Berzelianite

Formula: Cu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Bicchulite

Formula: Ca2(Al2SiO6)(OH)2

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Birunite

Formula: Ca18(SiO3)8.5(CO3)8.5SO4 · 15H2O(?)

Böhmite

Formula: AlO(OH)

Bredigite

Formula: Ca7Mg(SiO4)4

Brownmillerite

Formula: Ca2(Al,Fe3+)2O5

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Brucite

Formula: Mg(OH)2

Localities:

Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Bultfonteinite

Formula: Ca2(HSiO4)F · H2O

Bunsenite

Formula: NiO

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

Calciolangbeinite

Formula: K2Ca2(SO4)3

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 15 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

Celestine var. Barium-rich Celestine

Formula: (Sr,Ba)SO4

Celsian

Formula: Ba(Al2Si2O8)

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

'Chabazite'

Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Chamosite

Formula: (Fe2+)5Al(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8

Chamosite var. Thuringite

Formula: (Fe,Fe,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(O,OH)8

'Chlorite Group'

Chlorkyuygenite

Formula: Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4Cl2]

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Chlormayenite

Formula: Ca12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]

Localities:

Tarqumiya (Tarqumiye), Hebron Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Chromatite (TL)

Formula: CaCr6+O4

Localities:

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Clinohedrite

Formula: CaZn(SiO4) · H2O

Clinoptilolite-Ca

Formula: Ca3(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O

References:

Kruszewski, Łukasz, Palchik, Vyacheslav, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Nowak, Katarzyna, Banasik, Kamila, Galuskina, Irina (2021) Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Rock Mechanic Characteristics of Zeolite-Bearing Rocks of the Hatrurim Basin, Israel. Minerals, 11 (10) 1062 doi:10.3390/min11101062

'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

References:

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

Clintonite

Formula: CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2

Cohenite

Formula: Fe3C

Copper

Formula: Cu

Cordierite

Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)

Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Covellite

Formula: CuS

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Cristobalite

Formula: SiO2

Crocobelonite (TL)

Formula: CaFe3+2O(PO4)2

Type Locality:

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

Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Cuprorivaite

Formula: CaCuSi4O10

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Cuspidine

Formula: Ca8(Si2O7)2F4

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

'Dachiardite Subgroup'

Daubréelite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4

Delafossite

Formula: CuFeO2

Localities:

Aradite type locality, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

Devilliersite (TL)

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

Type Locality:

Dinite

Formula: C20H36

Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

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

'Djerfisherite Group'

Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Dorrite

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

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
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Dzierżanowskite (TL)

Formula: CaCu2S2

Type Locality:

Elbrusite

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

'Ellestadite'

Localities:

Aradite type locality, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Har Ye'elim, Dead Sea, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

'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

Enstatite

Formula: Mg2Si2O6

Epistilbite

Formula: CaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O

Eskolaite

Formula: Cr2O3

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

Esseneite

Formula: CaFe3+[AlSiO6]

Ettringite

Formula: Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Eucairite

Formula: AgCuSe

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Fabrièsite

Formula: Na3Al3Si3O12 · 2H2O

Fayalite

Formula: Fe2+2SiO4

Ferrodimolybdenite (TL)

Formula: FeMo2S4

Type Locality:

Flamite (TL)

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

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

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

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 15 localities in this region.

Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)

Fluorellestadite

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

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

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Fluorkyuygenite (TL)

Formula: Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2]

Localities:

Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Khurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Fluormayenite (TL)

Formula: Ca12Al14O32F2

Localities:

Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Khurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

'Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series'

Foshagite

Formula: Ca4(Si3O9)(OH)2

Localities:

Khurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Franklinite

Formula: Zn2+Fe3+2O4

References:

Galuskina, I. O., Krüger, B., Galuskin, E. V., Vapnik, Y., & Murashko, M. (2019). A New Mineral Khurayyimite, Ca7. 07Zn3. 89Si4. 02O14 (OH) 10 4H2O, from Daba Siwaqa Pyrometamorphic Rock, Jordan. In XIX International Meeting on Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy of Minerals (pp. 78-78).

Fresnoite

Formula: Ba2Ti(Si2O7)O

'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

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

Garronite-Ca

Formula: Na2Ca5Al12Si20O64 · 27H2O

References:

Kruszewski, Łukasz, Palchik, Vyacheslav, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Nowak, Katarzyna, Banasik, Kamila, Galuskina, Irina (2021) Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Rock Mechanic Characteristics of Zeolite-Bearing Rocks of the Hatrurim Basin, Israel. Minerals, 11 (10) 1062 doi:10.3390/min11101062

Gazeevite (TL)

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

Gehlenite

Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7]

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Gibbsite

Formula: Al(OH)3

Gismondine-Ca

Formula: CaAl2Si2O8 · 4H2O

References:

Kruszewski, Łukasz, Palchik, Vyacheslav, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Nowak, Katarzyna, Banasik, Kamila, Galuskina, Irina (2021) Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Rock Mechanic Characteristics of Zeolite-Bearing Rocks of the Hatrurim Basin, Israel. Minerals, 11 (10) 1062 doi:10.3390/min11101062

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

'Gismondine Subgroup'

'Glauconite'

Formula: K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2

Gmalimite (TL)

Formula: K6◻Fe2+24S27

Type Locality:

'Gmelinite Subgroup'

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Graphite

Formula: C

Greenalite

Formula: (Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4

Greigite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2S4

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.

Grossite (TL)

Formula: CaAl4O7

Type Locality:

Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Grossular var. Hibschite

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x

Grossular var. Hydrogrossular

Gurimite (TL)

Formula: Ba3(VO4)2

Localities:

Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Aradite type locality, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Description: occur in oval polymineralic inclusions in paralava

Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

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

Gyrolite

Formula: NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8 · 14H2O

Halamishite (TL)

Formula: Ni5P4

Localities:

Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Unnamed phosphorite quarry, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Halite

Formula: NaCl

Halloysite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Hanswilkeite (TL)

Formula: KFeS2

Type Locality:

Harmotome

Formula: Ba2(Si12Al4)O32 · 12H2O

Harmunite (TL)

Formula: CaFe2O4

Hashemite

Formula: BaCr6+O4

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

Hatrurite (TL)

Formula: Ca3(SiO4)O

Type Locality:

Heazlewoodite

Formula: Ni3S2

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

Hedenbergite

Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

'Hematite Group'

Formula: M2O3

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

Hercynite

Formula: Fe2+Al2O4

'Heulandite Subgroup'

Formula: (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O

Hexacelsian (TL)

Formula: BaAl2Si2O8

Hibonite

Formula: CaAl12O19

Hillebrandite

Formula: Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2

Localities:

Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Hisingerite

Formula: Fe3+2(Si2O5)(OH)4 · 2H2O

Hydrocalumite

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

Localities:

Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

'Hydrogarnet'

Localities:

Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, 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
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine

Hydromagnesite

Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O

Hydrotalcite

Formula: Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 · 4H2O

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.

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)

Hydroxylellestadite

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

References:

Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Iron

Formula: Fe

Jacobsite

Formula: Mn2+Fe3+2O4

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Jasmundite

Formula: Ca11(SiO4)4O2S

Jennite

Formula: Ca9(Si3O9)2(OH)8 · 8H2O

Jouravskite

Formula: Ca3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6 · 12H2O

Kabalovite (TL)

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

Type Locality:

Kahlenbergite

Formula: KAl11O17

References:

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

Kalistrontite

Formula: K2Sr(SO4)2

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Kalsilite

Formula: KAlSiO4

Localities:

Aradite type locality, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Katoite

Formula: Ca3Al2[◻(OH)4]3

Localities:

Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Keplerite

Formula: Ca9(Ca0.5◻0.5)Mg(PO4)7

References:

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

Kerimasite

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

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

'K-ferrite' (FRL)

Formula: KFe2+2Fe3+15O25

Type Locality:

Khesinite (TL)

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

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

Khurayyimite (TL)

Formula: Ca7Zn4(Si2O7)2(OH)10 · 4H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Galuskina, I.O., Krüger, B., Galuskin, E.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M. (2019) A New Mineral Khurayyimite, Ca7.07Zn3.89Si4.02O14(OH)10·4H2O, from Daba Siwaqa Pyrometamorphic Rock, Jordan. In XIX International Meeting on Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy of Minerals: 78-78.

Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina O., Galuskin, Evgeny V., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Murashko, Mikhail N. (2023) Khurayyimite Ca7Zn4(Si2O7)2(OH)10·4H2O: a mineral with unusual loop-branched sechser single chains. Mineralogy and Petrology, 117 (2) 191-200 doi:10.1007/s00710-022-00804-z

Kilchoanite

Formula: Ca6(SiO4)(Si3O10)

Krut'aite

Formula: CuSe2

Kutnohorite

Formula: CaMn2+(CO3)2

Lakargiite

Formula: Ca(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Larnite

Formula: Ca2SiO4

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Laumontite

Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O

Laumontite var. Leonhardite

Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 3H2O

Lepidocrocite

Formula: γ-Fe3+O(OH)

Levantite (TL)

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

'Lévyne'

Lime

Formula: CaO

Linnaeite

Formula: Co2+Co3+2S4

References:

Geller, Y. I., Burg, A., Halicz, L., & Kolodny, Y. (2012). System closure during the combustion metamorphic “Mottled Zone” event, Israel. Chemical Geology,334, 25-36.

Lisanite (TL)

Formula: CaNiP2O7

Type Locality:

Lizardite

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

Maghemite

Formula: (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4

Localities:

Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Har Ye'elim, Dead Sea, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Magnesioferrite

Formula: MgFe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

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

'Melilite Group'

Formula: Ca2M(XSiO7)

Merrillite

Formula: Ca9NaMg(PO4)7

Merwinite

Formula: Ca3Mg(SiO4)2

Mesolite

Formula: Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O

Meta-autunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O

Metatyuyamunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Microcline var. Hyalophane

Formula: (K,Ba)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]

Moabite (TL)

Formula: NiFe3+(PO4)O

Type Locality:

Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

References:

Britvin, Sergey N., Murashko, Michail N., Vapnik, Yevgeny, Polekhovsky, Yury S., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Vereshchagin, Oleg S., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Vlasenko, Natalia S. (2020) Transjordanite, Ni2P, a new terrestrial and meteoritic phosphide, and natural solid solutions barringerite-transjordanite (hexagonal Fe2P–Ni2P) American Mineralogist, 105 (3) 428-436 doi:10.2138/am-2020-7275

'Monazite Group'

Formula: REE(PO4)

References:

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

Monticellite

Formula: CaMgSiO4

Montmorillonite

Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Mordenite

Formula: (Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96 · 28H2O

Murashkoite (TL)

Formula: FeP

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Muscovite var. Illite

Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2

Nabateaite (TL)

Formula: Fe2P2O7

Type Locality:

Nabimusaite (TL)

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

Localities:

Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Nagelschmidtite (TL)

Formula: Ca7(SiO4)2(PO4)2

Nataliakulikite (TL)

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

Type Locality:

Nazarchukite (TL)

Formula: Ca2NiFe3+2(PO4)4

Type Locality:

Nazarovite (TL)

Formula: Ni12P5

Negevite (TL)

Formula: NiP2

Localities:

Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Unnamed phosphorite quarry, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Nepheline

Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16)

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

Nickolayite (TL)

Formula: FeMoP

Type Locality:

References:

Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hålenius, Ulf, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) NEWSLETTER 47. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (1) 197-202 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2839

Nontronite

Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Okenite

Formula: Ca10Si18O46 · 18H2O

Oldhamite

Formula: (Ca,Mg)S

Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Localities:

Clastic dikes, Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Har Ye'elim, Dead Sea, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Opal var. Opal-CT

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Orishchinite (TL)

Formula: Ni2P

Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Osbornite

Formula: TiN

Oyelite

Formula: Ca10Si8B2O29 · 12.5H2O

Periclase

Formula: MgO

Localities:

Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Periclase var. Ferropericlase

Formula: (Mg,Fe)O

Perovskite

Formula: CaTiO3

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

'Petroleum'

'Petroleum var. Bitumen'

Phillipsite-Ca

Formula: Ca3(Si10Al6)O32 · 12H2O

References:

Kruszewski, Łukasz, Palchik, Vyacheslav, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Nowak, Katarzyna, Banasik, Kamila, Galuskina, Irina (2021) Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Rock Mechanic Characteristics of Zeolite-Bearing Rocks of the Hatrurim Basin, Israel. Minerals, 11 (10) 1062 doi:10.3390/min11101062

'Phillipsite Subgroup'

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

Plombièrite

Formula: [Ca4Si6O16(OH)2 · 2H2O] · (Ca · 5H2O)

Polekhovskyite (TL)

Formula: MoNiP2

Portlandite

Formula: Ca(OH)2

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

Powellite

Formula: Ca(MoO4)

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Prehnite

Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

Priscillagrewite-(Y) (TL)

Formula: (Ca2Y)Zr2(AlO4)3

Type Locality:

Pseudobrookite

Formula: Fe2TiO5

References:

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

'Pseudowollastonite'

Formula: CaSiO3

Localities:

Aradite type locality, 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
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

'Pumpellyite Subgroup'

Formula: Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities:

Khurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn4+O2

Pyrophyllite

Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

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

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Qatranaite (TL)

Formula: CaZn2(OH)6(H2O)2

Type Locality:

References:

Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Galuskina, Irina O., Kusz, Joachim, Stasiak, Marta, Krzykawski, Tomasz, Dulski, Mateusz (2019) Qatranaite, CaZn2(OH)6 · 2H2O: a new mineral from altered pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, Daba-Siwaqa, Jordan. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (3) 575-584 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2833

Qeltite (TL)

Formula: Ca3TiSi2(Fe3+2Si)O14

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Rankinite

Formula: Ca3Si2O7

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

Reinhardbraunsite

Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2

Riebeckite

Formula: ◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(OH)2

Riversideite

Formula: Ca5(HSi3O9)2 · 2H2O

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Samraite (TL)

Formula: Ni2P2O7

Type Locality:

Sanbornite

Formula: Ba2(Si4O10)

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

Saponite

Formula: Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Schöllhornite

Formula: Na0.3CrS2 · H2O

Schorlomite

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

Localities:

Aradite type locality, 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
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Schreibersite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P

Scolecite

Formula: CaAl2Si3O10 · 3H2O

Sepiolite

Formula: Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O

'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4

Sharyginite

Formula: Ca3TiFe2O8

Shasuite (TL)

Formula: CaNi3(P2O7)2

Type Locality:

Shulamitite (TL)

Formula: Ca3TiFe3+AlO8

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

Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Silicocarnotite (TL)

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

Siwaqaite (TL)

Formula: Ca6Al2(CrO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Krüger, Hannes, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2020) Siwaqaite, Ca6Al2(CrO4)3(OH)12·26H2O, a new mineral of the ettringite group from the pyrometamorphic Daba-Siwaqa complex, Jordan. American Mineralogist, 105 (3) 409-421 doi:10.2138/am-2020-7208

'Smectite Group'

Formula: A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities:

Khurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Qatranaite locality, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan

Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

Localities:

Khurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Spurrite

Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Srebrodolskite

Formula: Ca2Fe3+2O5

Localities:

Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine

Stanfieldite

Formula: Ca4Mg5(PO4)6

References:

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

Stichtite

Formula: Mg6Cr3+2(OH)16[CO3] · 4H2O

Stracherite (TL)

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

Strelkinite

Formula: Na2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 6H2O

Strontianite

Formula: SrCO3

Sulphur

Formula: S8

Tacharanite

Formula: Ca12Al2Si18O33 (OH)36

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

Tarapacáite

Formula: K2(CrO4)

Tenorite

Formula: CuO

Ternesite

Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(SO4)

Thaumasite

Formula: Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O

Localities:

Khurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Thomsonite-Ca

Formula: NaCa2[Al5Si5O20] · 6H2O

'Thomsonite Subgroup'

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.

Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Tobermorite

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

Localities:

Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

'Tobermorite Group'

Formula: Ca4+x(AlySi6-y)O15+2x-y · 5H2O

References:

Galuskina, I. O., Krüger, B., Galuskin, E. V., Vapnik, Y., & Murashko, M. (2019). A New Mineral Khurayyimite, Ca7. 07Zn3. 89Si4. 02O14 (OH) 10 4H2O, from Daba Siwaqa Pyrometamorphic Rock, Jordan. In XIX International Meeting on Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy of Minerals (pp. 78-78).

Transjordanite (TL)

Formula: Ni2P

Localities:

Unnamed phosphorite quarry, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Trevorite

Formula: Ni2+Fe3+2O4

Tridymite

Formula: SiO2

Troilite

Formula: FeS

Truscottite

Formula: (Ca,Mn)14Si24O58(OH)8 · 2H2O

Tyuyamunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

References:

Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.

Ulvöspinel

Formula: TiFe2+2O4

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

'UM1977-02-CO:AlCaH' (FRL)

Formula: Ca6Al2(CO3)3O6 · 32H2O

Type Locality:

'UM1977-07-O:AlCaFeH'

Formula: Ca(Fe,Al)2O4 · nH2O

'UM1977-08-O:AlCaH'

Formula: Ca2Al2O5 · nH2O

'UM1977-09-O:AlCaH'

Formula: Ca4Al2O7 · nH2O

'UM1977-14-SiO:CaH'

Formula: Ca2SiO4 · H2O

'UM2011-01-CrO:CaH'

Formula: CaCrO4 · 2H2O

References:

Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.

Umangite

Formula: Cu3Se2

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

'Unnamed (Ag-Cr Sulphide)'

Formula: AgCrS2

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

'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

Uvarovite

Formula: Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3

References:

Vapnik, Y., Galuskina, I., Murashko, M., Britvin, S., & Galuskin, E. (2014). The Hatrurim Complex-the New Unique Locality on World Mineral Map: the Review of Mineral Discoveries. In Israel Geological Society 2014, Annual Meeting, En Boqeq (pp. 143-144).

Vapnikite (TL)

Formula: Ca2CaUO6

Vaterite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities:

Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Vesuvianite

Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

Volkonskoite

Formula: Ca0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O

Localities:

Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Vorlanite

Formula: Ca(U6+)O4

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
Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Wairakite

Formula: Ca(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O

Walstromite

Formula: BaCa2(Si3O9)

Localities:

Aradite type locality, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
Nahal Morag Canyon, 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
Hatrurim Formation, Middle East

Whitlockite

Formula: Ca9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)

Wöhlerite

Formula: Na2Ca4ZrNb(Si2O7)2O3F

Wollastonite

Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

'Xenotime'

References:

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

Xonotlite

Formula: Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2

Yakubovichite (TL)

Formula: CaNi2Fe3+(PO4)3

Ye'elimite (TL)

Formula: Ca4Al6(SO4)O12

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

Yugawaralite

Formula: CaAl2Si6O16 · 4H2O

Zadovite (TL)

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

'Zeolite Group'

Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Zoharite (TL)

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

Type Locality:

Zuktamrurite (TL)

Formula: FeP2