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Bennesherite from
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel


Locality type:Anticline
Classification
Species:Bennesherite
Formula:Ba2Fe2+[Si2O7]
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bennesherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1337114
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1337114:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bennesherite
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘFerroÃĨkermanite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘMazorite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
References
Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, FrÃĐdÃĐric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2019) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (6) 887-893 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.73
Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, FrÃĐdÃĐric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2020) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 52. European Journal of Mineralogy, 32 (1) 1-11 doi:10.5194/ejm-32-1-2020
Krzątała, Arkadiusz, KrÞger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2022) Bennesherite, Ba2Fe2+Si2O7: A new melilite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. American Mineralogist, 107 (1) 138-146 doi:10.2138/am-2021-7747
 
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