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Fluormayenite from
Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Fluormayenite
Formula:Ca12Al14O32F2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluormayenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:855004
Long-form Identifier:1:3:855004:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluormayenite
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘNahal Darga, Bethlehem Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
61.4km (38.2 miles) ⓘAravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
66.1km (41.1 miles) ⓘParalava occurrence (2), Wadi Zohar, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘHanswilkeite type locality, Naẖal Gorer, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘKhurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
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
Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2013) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013. CNMNC Newsletter No 16. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (6) 2695-2709 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.6.01
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
 
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