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Locality type:

Outcrop

Classification

Species:

'Melilite Group' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

Ca2M(XSiO7)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Melilite Group data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1371550

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1371550:0

GUID (UUID V4):

b71f596b-d430-4759-8bcf-a79ffe54ad0b

Nearest other occurrences of Melilite Group

53.3km (33.1 miles)

ⓘTarqumiya (Tarqumiye), Hebron Governorate, West Bank, Palestine

80.2km (49.8 miles)

ⓘMakhtesh Ramon (Ramon crater), Ramat Negev Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

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