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Negev, Israel

The Negev is a rocky desert that covers more than half of Israel, over some 13,000 km².
It can be split into five different ecological regions: northern, western, and central Negev, the high plateau and the Arabah Valley.

External Links

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negev

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aegirine-augite
Afwillite
Åkermanite
Albite
Allophane
'Amber'
Analcime
Andradite
'Andradite-Schorlomite Series'
Anhydrite
Anorthite
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Augite
var: Fassaite

Barringerite
Baryte
Bayerite (TL)
Bentorite (TL)
Biotite
Birnessite
Böhmite
Bredigite
Brownmillerite
Brucite
Bultfonteinite
Calcite
Carnotite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
var: Thuringite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromatite
Chromite
Clintonite
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
Cristobalite
Cuspidine
Diopside
Dolomite
'Ellestadite'
Enstatite
Epistilbite
Esseneite
Ettringite
Fayalite
Fluorapatite
var: Francolite
Fluorellestadite
Foshagite
Gehlenite
Gibbsite
'Gismondine'
Glauconite
'Gmelinite'
Goethite
Greenalite
Greigite
Grossite (TL)
Grossular
Gypsum
Gyrolite
Halite
Halloysite
Harmotome
Hashemite
Hatrurite (TL)
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hercynite
'Heulandite'
Hibonite
Hibschite
Hillebrandite
Hisingerite
Hollandite
Hyalophane
Hydrocalumite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
Illite
Ilmenite
Iron
Jacobsite
Jennite
Kalsilite
Kaolinite
Katoite
Kilchoanite
Larnite
Lepidocrocite
'Lévyne'
Lizardite
Maghemite
Magnesioferrite
Magnetite
Mayenite
'Melilite'
Merwinite
Mesolite
Meta-autunite
Metatyuyamunite
Microcline
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Nagelschmidtite (TL)
Nontronite
Okenite
Opal
Orthoclase
Oyelite
Periclase
var: Ferropericlase
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Plombièrite
Portlandite
Prehnite
'Pseudowollastonite'
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrolusite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Rankinite
Reinhardbraunsite
Riebeckite
Riversideite
Rutile
Saponite
Schorlomite
Schreibersite
Scolecite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Spinel
Spurrite
Srebrodolskite
Stichtite
Sulphur
Tacharanite
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Tobermorite
Trevorite
Tridymite
Truscottite
Tyuyamunite
Ulvöspinel
UM1977-02-CO:AlCaH (TL)
'Unnamed (Ca-Ti-Fe-Al Oxide)'
'Unnamed (Ca-Ti-Fe-Al Oxide II)'
Uraninite ?
Uvite
Vaterite
Vesuvianite
Volkonskoite
Whitlockite
Wollastonite
Xonotlite
Ye'elimite
Zircon


176 entries listed. 141 valid minerals. 5 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

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