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Locality Name:
West Bank, Palestine

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13

mindat Locality ID: 155835
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155835.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Bank, Palestine": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm)
Hatrurim Formation

Latitude: 31°42'4"N
Longitude: 35°14'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.701111111111,35.249444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteClayCorundumEttringiteFeldspar
FluoriteFritzscheiteGarnetGypsumHydrotalciteLangbeiniteMayeniteMeliliteMeta-autuniteNabimusaite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePost-spinelPyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSpurrite-Afwillite
TobermoriteWollastoniteWöhleriteZadoviteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bentorite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calciolangbeinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chlormayenite  (*)Chromatite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Dargaite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dzierżanowskite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)Fluorkyuygenite  (*)
Fluormayenite  (*)Foshagite  (*)Gazeevite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Harmunite  (*)Hashemite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hillebrandite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Hydroxylellestadite  (*)Jasmundite  (*)Katoite  (*)
Larnite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Nabimusaite  (*)
Nagelschmidtite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Pseudowollastonite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rankinite  (*)Sharyginite  (*)Shulamitite  (*)Silicocarnotite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Spurrite  (*)Srebrodolskite  (*)Strelkinite  (*)Ternesite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Vapnikite  (*)Vaterite  (*)
Volkonskoite  (*)Vorlanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Ye'elimite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O1613295579,9558041
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)316131955811534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)16131955831036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1613295580,955813250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1613395580,95581,9558211547
Bentorite  (*)EttringiteCa6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O1613295580,955813
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO51613495579,95580,95581,9558221
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21613295581,95582462
Calciolangbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Ca2(SO4)31613295579,955824
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1613295580,9558127770
Chlormayenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[   4Cl2]1613295580,9558319
Chromatite  (*)ZirconCaCr6+O41613295580,955816
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4161319558167
Dargaite  (*)NabimusaiteBaCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O316131955821
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O616131955834135
Dzierżanowskite  (*)NoneCaCu2S216131955811
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O1613495579,95580,95581,9558293
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1613395580,95581,955822740
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F1613395579,95581,9558233
Fluorkyuygenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2]16131955822
Fluormayenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[   4F2]1613295579,955823
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2161319557919
Gazeevite  (*)ZadoviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O1613295579,955824
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71613295579,95581114
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31613195582504
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1613295580,955816890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1613295580,955811398
Harmunite  (*)Post-spinelCaFe2O416131955794
Hashemite  (*)BaryteBa(CrO4)1613295580,955816
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3161319557914640
Hillebrandite  (*)NoneCa2SiO3(OH)2161319557917
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O161319557930
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH161319558122
Jasmundite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa11O2(SiO4)4S16131955796
Katoite  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(OH)121613295579,955829
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)1613395579,95581,9558248
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O4161319557998
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1613195580388
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1613195576129
Nabimusaite  (*)NabimusaiteKCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F1613495579,95580,95581,955826
Nagelschmidtite  (*)NoneCa7(SiO4)2(PO4)216131955813
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1613295579,95582114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31613195581495
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)21613295579,9558051
Pseudowollastonite  (*)NoneCaSiO316131955817
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2161319558161156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O71613295580,9558125
Sharyginite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa3TiFe2O816131955797
Shulamitite  (*)Perovskite BrownmilleriteCa3TiFe3+AlO81613295579,955827
Silicocarnotite  (*)NoneCa5[(PO4)(SiO4)](PO4)16131955793
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41613295580,955811934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)1613295580,9558154
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O51613395579,95580,9558125
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O16131955818
Ternesite  (*)NoneCa5(SiO4)2(SO4)1613295579,955828
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1613195580183
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)1613195581114
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1613195581628
Vapnikite  (*)PerovskiteCa2CaUO616131955793
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)1613295580,9558137
Volkonskoite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1613295580,9558122
Vorlanite  (*)FluoriteCaUO416131955795
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31613295581,955831247
Ye'elimite  (*)NoneCa4Al6O12(SO4)1613295579,9558211


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0055161316-13fission trackage of metamorphism of the Hatrurim Formation during "Mottled Zone event" due to the "spontaneous ignition and combustion of bituminous chalks and marls upon their partial exposure to air"   Yes  2063Hatrurim Formation, Negev, IsraelHatrurim FormationGeller et al. (2012)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.029CG334_25age of metamorphism of the Hatrurim Formation during "Mottled Zone event" due to the "spontaneous ignition and combustion of bituminous chalks and marls upon their partial exposure to air"

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