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Bentorite from
Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Bentorite
Formula:Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bentorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:755567
Long-form Identifier:1:3:755567:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bentorite
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘNabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘArad Stone Quarry, Arad, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘNahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
68.4km (42.5 miles) ⓘHalamish Quarry, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
References
(n.d.) Mineral Collection, Natural History Museum Vienna.
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
nnhc.huji.ac.il (n.d.) http://nnhc.huji.ac.il/mineralogy-petrology/?page_id=70&lang=en
Juroszek, Rafał, KrÞger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, KrÞger, Hannes, Tribus, Martina, KÞrsten, Christian (2019) Raman Spectroscopy and Single-Crystal High-Temperature Investigations of Bentorite, Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. Minerals, 10 (1) 38 doi:10.3390/min10010038
 
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