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Locality Name:
Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel

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

mindat Locality ID: 2063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aravaite Type Locality
Gurim Anticline
Halamish Outcrops
Halamish Wadi
Hatrurim (Hatrurim Basin)

Latitude: 31°11'21"N
Longitude: 35°16'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.189166666667,35.280277777778
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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P S Si Ti U V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti U V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAphthitaliteApophylliteAragoniteBarringeriteBaryte
BerylBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundum
CristobaliteDiasporeDjerfisheriteDmisteinbergiteEttringiteFeldsparFritzscheiteGarnetGismondineGypsum
GyroliteHarmotomeHumiteHydrotalciteIronKaoliniteLangbeiniteLatiumiteLepidocrociteMagnetoplumbite
MarcasiteMargarosaniteMayeniteMeliliteMeta-autuniteMicaMordeniteNabimusaiteNatroliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalmieritePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSapphirineSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteSulphurThomsonite
TitaniteTobermoriteTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZadoviteZircon

169 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Afwillite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aradite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Aravaite  (*)Ariegilatite  (*)Augite  (*)Barioferrite  (*)
Barringerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayerite  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Bentorite  (*)
Böhmite  (*)Bredigite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)Brucite  (*)Bultfonteinite  (*)
Calciolangbeinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chlormayenite  (*)Chromatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clintonite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Delafossite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Esseneite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Flamite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)
Fluorkyuygenite  (*)Foshagite  (*)Gazeevite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Gismondine  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Greigite  (*)Grossite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gurimite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Halamishite  (*)
Halite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hashemite  (*)Hatrurite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hexacelsian  (*)Hibonite  (*)Hillebrandite  (*)
Hisingerite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jennite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Katoite  (*)Khesinite  (*)Kilchoanite  (*)Larnite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Levantite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Merwinite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Monticellite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Murashkoite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nabimusaite  (*)Nagelschmidtite  (*)Negevite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Okenite  (*)
Oldhamite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Oyelite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Pliniusite  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Polekhovskyite  (*)Portlandite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pseudowollastonite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rankinite  (*)Reinhardbraunsite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Riversideite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Shulamitite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silicocarnotite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Spurrite  (*)Srebrodolskite  (*)Stichtite  (*)Stracherite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tacharanite  (*)Ternesite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)Transjordanite  (*)Trevorite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Truscottite  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)Vaterite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Volkonskoite  (*)Walstromite  (*)
Whitlockite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Ye'elimite  (*)
Zadovite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoharite  (*)Zuktamrurite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O616130286
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O161316820641
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O71613050
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)161308803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O16130470
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O161301627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31613368202,68207,682101534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)161301588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)161301036
Aradite  (*)ZadoviteBaCa6[(SiO4)(VO4)](VO4)2F16131682022
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)161303250
Aravaite  (*)NoneBa2Ca18(SiO4)6(PO4)3(CO3)F3O16131682011
Ariegilatite  (*)NabimusaiteBaCa12(SiO4)4(PO4)2F2O161301
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6161302060
Barioferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaFe3+12O1916131682024
Barringerite  (*)Barringerite(Fe,Ni)2P1613022
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1613011547
Bayerite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31613015
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O1613038
Bentorite  (*)EttringiteCa6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O161303
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)16130195
Bredigite  (*)NoneCa7Mg(SiO4)4161316820613
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO5161316820621
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)216130462
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O1613020
Calciolangbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Ca2(SO4)316131682074
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1613268203,6820927770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O161301184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21613027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)816130577
Chlormayenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[   4Cl2]161316820619
Chromatite  (*)ZirconCaCr6+O416131682066
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O416131682063902
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)21613086
Copper  (*)CopperCu161303846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18161301008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3161301797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO216130453
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4161316820267
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O21613168202144
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6161304135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2161309895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O616130944
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O16130138
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO61613017
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O1613268206,6821093
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)16130371
Flamite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x1613268202,682103
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1613368202,68206,682072740
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F1613268202,6820733
Fluorkyuygenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2]16131682062
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2161316820619
Gazeevite  (*)ZadoviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O16131682084
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71613468202,68206,68207,68210114
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)316130504
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O16130128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)161307437
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)41613061
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S41613062
Grossite  (*)NoneCaAl4O71613019
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3161301544
Gurimite  (*)PalmieriteBa3(VO4)216131682021
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O16131682036890
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O16130142
Halamishite  (*)Not in a structural groupNi5P416131682051
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl161301398
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O16130290
Hashemite  (*)BaryteBa(CrO4)16131682066
Hatrurite  (*)NoneCa3SiO5161301
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O616130741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31613268206,6821014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O416130407
Hexacelsian  (*)DmisteinbergiteBa(Al2Si2O8)16131682021
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O191613080
Hillebrandite  (*)NoneCa2SiO3(OH)2161316820617
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O16130144
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O161316820630
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O16130341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)41613087
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O161316820385
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3161305433
Iron  (*)IronFe161301089
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O1613018
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO4161316820249
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4161305591
Katoite  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(OH)121613268206,682079
Khesinite  (*)SapphirineCa4(Mg2Fe3+10)O4(Fe3+10Si2)O3616131682023
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)161309
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)1613468202,68206,68207,6821048
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)16130581
Levantite  (*)LatiumiteKCa3Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(PO4)16131682071
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S416130249
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)416130359
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O416130229
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O41613468202,68206,68207,6821098
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4161316820614899
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2161316820623
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O16130425
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O16130388
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1613168206129
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)161304924
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)16130153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O161301508
Murashkoite  (*)NickelineFeP16131682054
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21613017380
Nabimusaite  (*)NabimusaiteKCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F16131682076
Nagelschmidtite  (*)NoneCa7(SiO4)2(PO4)216131682063
Negevite  (*)PyriteNiP216131682051
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O16130471
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O1613071
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS161316820658
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O16131682032994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)161302349
Oyelite  (*)NoneCa5BSi4O13(OH)3·4H2O161307
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1613168206114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31613368202,68206,68210495
Pliniusite  (*)ApatiteCa5(VO4)3F16131682094
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)1613028
Polekhovskyite  (*)NoneMoNiP216131682051
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)2161316820651
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2161301898
Pseudowollastonite  (*)NoneCaSiO316131682027
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2161303106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)216130771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8161309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21613061156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O71613268202,6821025
Reinhardbraunsite  (*)HumiteCa5(SiO4)2(OH)2161309
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)216130375
Riversideite  (*)TobermoriteCa5Si6O16(OH)2·2H2O161305
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2161305614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O16130301
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12161316820254
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P16130374
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O16130390
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O16130241
Shulamitite  (*)Perovskite BrownmilleriteCa3TiFe3+AlO81613268206,682077
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)161306417
Silicocarnotite  (*)NoneCa5[(PO4)(SiO4)](PO4)16131682073
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O416131682061934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)1613268206,6820954
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O5161316820625
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O1613043
Stracherite  (*)ZadoviteBaCa6(SiO4)2[(PO4)(CO3)]F161301
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS161302045
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)36161316820347
Ternesite  (*)NoneCa5(SiO4)2(SO4)16131682078
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O16130183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O16130452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O161304899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)16130114
Transjordanite  (*)BarringeriteNi2P16131682052
Trevorite  (*)SpinelNiFe3+2O41613017
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO216130458
Truscottite  (*)GyroliteCa14Si24O58(OH)8·2H2O1613010
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO416130120
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)1613037
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10161301395
Volkonskoite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1613022
Walstromite  (*)MargarosaniteBaCa2Si3O916131682028
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)616130104
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4161316820283
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31613268202,682071247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)216130109
Ye'elimite  (*)NoneCa4Al6O12(SO4)1613268206,6820711
Zadovite  (*)ZadoviteBaCa6[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)2F16131682022
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)161305251
Zoharite  (*)Djerfisherite(Ba,K)6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S2716131682041
Zuktamrurite  (*)MarcasiteFeP216131682051


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"      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"

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070296Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israelhttps://rruff.info/R070296
R070208Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israelhttps://rruff.info/R070208
R070032Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israelhttps://rruff.info/R070032
R150148Hatrurim (Hatrurim Basin), Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israelhttps://rruff.info/R150148

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