Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Southern Hatrurim Basin, Hatrurim (Hatrurim Basin), Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel

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

mindat Locality ID: 259776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Hatrurim Basin, Hatrurim (Hatrurim Basin), Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°10'26"N
Longitude: 35°17'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.173888888889,35.291666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Corundum	Ettringite	Garnet	Melilite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Spinel

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Ettringite Garnet Melilite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Flamite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Hematite ()*
Larnite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Rankinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	16	13	1534
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	16	13	93
Flamite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca_8-x(Na,K)_x(SiO₄)_4-x(PO₄)_x	16	13	3
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	16	13	114
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	16	13	14640
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	16	13	48
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	16	13	98
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	16	13	495
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	16	13	25

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	DeepDive-Co-0055	16	13	16-13	fission track	age 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				2063	Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel	Hatrurim Formation	Geller et al. (2012)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.029	CG334_25	age 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"

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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