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


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Gehlenite
Formula:Ca2Al[AlSiO7]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gehlenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ma'ale Adumim, Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1341077
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1341077:5
GUID (UUID V4):68d23ce1-f783-4734-bd82-0a29501dfe6d
Nearest other occurrences of Gehlenite
12.8km (8.0 miles) Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
12.8km (8.0 miles) Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
60.3km (37.5 miles) Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
62.2km (38.7 miles) Tsomet Hatrurim, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
63.0km (39.1 miles) Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
63.8km (39.6 miles) Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
64.2km (39.9 miles) Aradite type locality, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
65.6km (40.7 miles) Mazorite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
65.6km (40.8 miles) Zohar wadi, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
66.8km (41.5 miles) Southern Hatrurim Basin, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
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higher than 0.8%, containing sanidine, anorthite, gehlenite and zeolites. In these minerals the K-Ar system...whole-rock samples range between 2.3 and 4.0 Ma. One gehlenite rock yielded an 4°Ar/39Ar age of 16 _ 0.2 Ma (...of which are the Hatrurim basin (near Arad), Ma'ale Adumim area (near Jerusalem) and Daba Siwaqa outcrop...ages. Fission-track dating of apatite from Ma'ale Adumim (Kolodny et al., 1971, 1973) suggested an age...Metamorphic Quartz-Arenite Recrystallized Calcite, Gehlenite ~ Chalk ~ Marl ~ Bituminous ~ Clastics
 
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