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Locality type:

Outcrop

Classification

Species:

Vapnikite

Formula:

Ca2CaUO6

Confirmation

Validity:

Valid - Type Locality

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Ye'elimite

1 photo of Vapnikite associated with Ye'elimite at this locality.

Brownmillerite

1 photo of Vapnikite associated with Brownmillerite at this locality.

Larnite

1 photo of Vapnikite associated with Larnite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

899822

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:899822:4

GUID (UUID V4):

5923efc5-8db8-481d-a62a-bf2023b7a7b8

Nearest other occurrences of Vapnikite

74.2km (46.1 miles)

Unnamed marble quarries, Tulul al Hammam, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan

77.1km (47.9 miles)

Tulul al Hammam, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan

References

Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Kusz, J., Armbruster, T., Marzec, K. M., Dzierżanowski, P., Murashko, M. (2014) Vapnikite Ca3UO6 – a new double-perovskite mineral from pyrometamorphic larnite rocks of the Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (3) 571-581 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.3.07