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


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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
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Chromatite

Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Chromatite
Formula:CaCr6+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Halotrichite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:97642
Long-form Identifier:1:3:97642:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromatite
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘNabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
63.8km (39.6 miles) ⓘHatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
86.7km (53.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed marble quarries, Tulul al Hammam, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
References
Naturwiss.(1963) 50, 612
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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