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Fluormayenite from
Nahal Darga, Bethlehem Governorate, West Bank, Palestine


Locality type:Ravine
Classification
Species:Fluormayenite
Formula:Ca12Al14O32F2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluormayenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nahal Darga, Bethlehem Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1277751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1277751:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluormayenite
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘJebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
40.8km (25.3 miles) ⓘAravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘParalava occurrence (2), Wadi Zohar, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
46.0km (28.6 miles) ⓘHanswilkeite type locality, Naẖal Gorer, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
75.8km (47.1 miles) ⓘKhurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
75.9km (47.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed marble quarries, Tulul al Hammam, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
78.6km (48.8 miles) ⓘTulul al Hammam, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
References
Galuskina, Irina O., Gfeller, Frank, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Dulski, Mateusz, Gardocki, Mariusz, Jeżak, Lidia, Murashko, Mikhail (2019) New minerals with modular structure derived from hatrurite from the pyrometamorphic rocks. Part IV: Dargaite, BaCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O3, from Nahal Darga, Palestinian Autonomy. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (1) 81-88 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.095
 
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