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Halite from
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Halite
Formula:NaCl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Halite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1095682
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1095682:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Halite
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘWadi Jazara, Madaba Governorate, Jordan
70.1km (43.6 miles) ⓘWadi Halamish, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
73.7km (45.8 miles) ⓘMalham Cave, Mount Sodom, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
76.2km (47.4 miles) ⓘMount Sodom, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
77.7km (48.3 miles) ⓘTulul al Hammam, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
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 (4). 659-674 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3487
 
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