| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Afwillite |
| Formula: | Ca3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2] · 2H2O |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Afwillite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Halamish Quarry, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1874680 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1874680:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Afwillite |
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| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘMazorite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘRoadside Arad – Dead Sea, Wadi Zohar, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel |
| 4.6km (2.9 miles) | ⓘHatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘNahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘAravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel |
| 68.9km (42.8 miles) | ⓘJebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine |
| 70.7km (43.9 miles) | ⓘNabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine |
| 95.1km (59.1 miles) | ⓘDaba, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan |
| 95.8km (59.5 miles) | ⓘQatranaite locality, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan |
| 97.0km (60.3 miles) | ⓘJordan Areva Resources, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan |
| References |
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Skrzyńska, Katarzyna; Müller, Harald; Juroszek, Rafał; Krüger, Biljana; Cametti, Georgia; Pakhomova, Anna; Galuskina, Irina; Vapnik, Yevgeny; Woźniak, Krzysztof; Galuskin, Evgeny (2025) Rotemite, Ca4Cr2(OH)12Cl2·4 H2O – the trigonal chromium analog of hydrocalumite and Friedel’s salt – a new mineral from the Hatrurim Complex, Israel. Applied Clay Science, 278. 108002 doi:10.1016/j.clay.2025.108002 |
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