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Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestinei
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Ar Rām wa Ḑāḩiyat al Barīd24,838 (2012)
Al ‘Ayzarīyah17,455 (2017)
‘Anātā11,946 (2012)
Givat Zeev11,764 (2016)
Abū Dīs11,753 (2012)
Qaţanah7,274 (2013)
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Al Quds; Jerusalem Governorate
Other Languages:
French:
gouvernorat de Jérusalem, Cisjordanie, Palestine
German:
Gouvernement Jerusalem, Westjordanland, Staat Palästina
Italian:
governatorato di Gerusalemme, Cisgiordania, Stato di Palestina
Russian:
Иерусалим, Западный берег реки Иордан, Территории Палестины
Simplified Chinese:
耶路撒冷省, 約旦河西岸地區, 巴勒斯坦
Spanish:
Gobernación de Jerusalén, Cisjordania, Palestina
Arabic:
محافظة القدس, الضفة الغربية, فلسطين
Asturian:
Gobernación de Xerusalén, Cisxordania, Estáu de Palestina
Belarusian:
Іерусалім, Заходні бераг ракі Іардан, Дзяржава Палестына
Catalan:
Governació de Jerusalem, Cisjordània, Estat de Palestina
Dutch:
Jeruzalem, Westelijke Jordaanoever, Palestina
Esperanto:
Provinco Jerusalemo, Cisjordanio, Palestino
Farsi/Persian:
استان قدس, کرانه باختری رود اردن, دولت فلسطین
Greek:
Κυβερνείο Ιερουσαλήμ, Δυτική Όχθη, Κράτος της Παλαιστίνης
Hebrew:
אל-קודס, הגדה המערבית, מדינה פלסטינית
Hungarian:
Jeruzsálem kormányzóság, Ciszjordánia, Palesztina
Indonesian:
Kegubernuran Yerusalem, Tepi Barat, Negara Palestina
Japanese:
エルサレム県, ヨルダン川西岸地区, パレスチナ国
Korean:
예루살렘주, 요르단강 서안 지구, 팔레스타인
Lithuanian:
Jeruzalės muchafaza, Vakarų Krantas, Palestinos valstybė
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Jerusalem guvernement, Vestbreidda
Polish:
Jerozolima, Zachodni Brzeg, Palestyna
Romanian:
Guvernoratul Ierusalim, Cisiordania, Statul Palestina
Scots:
Jerusalem Govrenorate, Wast Bank, State o Palestine
Swedish:
Jerusalems provins, Västbanken, Palestina
Turkish:
Kudüs valiliği, Batı Şeria, Filistin Devleti
Urdu:
محافظہ یروشلم, مغربی کنارہ, دولت فلسطین
Western Punjabi:
ضلع بیت المقدس, مغربی کنارا


The Quds Governorate (Arabic: محافظة القدس‎ Muḥāfaẓat al-Quds; Hebrew: נפת אל-קודס‎), also Jerusalem Governorate, is one of the 16 Governorates of Palestine and located in the central part of the West Bank. The Governorate has two sub-districts: Jerusalem J1, which includes the localities within the territory controlled by the Israeli Jerusalem municipality (East Jerusalem), and Jerusalem J2, which includes the remaining parts of the Jerusalem Governorate. The district capital of the Governorate is East Jerusalem (al-Quds).

The total land area of the governorate is 344 km².

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Afwillite
Formula: Ca3(HSiO4)2 · 2H2O
Reference: Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.; Rafał Juroszek, Biljana Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik, Irina Galuskina, Evgeny Galuskin (2018) Blue afwillite from Ma’ale Adummim, Judean Desert, Israel. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 357; Juroszek, R.; Krüger, B.; Galuskina, I.; Krüger, H.; Tribus, M.; Kürsten, C. (2020) Raman Spectroscopy and Single-Crystal High-Temperature Investigations of Bentorite, Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. Minerals 10, 38; Rafał Juroszek, Maria Czaja, Radosław Lisiecki, Biljana Krüger, Barbara Hachuła, Irina Galuskina (2020): Spectroscopic and structural investigations of blue afwillite from Ma’ale Adummim locality, Palestinian Autonomy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 227, 1386-1425.
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, bull. # 70.
'Ba-ferrite' (FRL)
Formula: BaMg2Fe3+16 O27
Type Locality:
Reference: Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Barioferrite
Formula: BaFe3+12O19
Reference: Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Reference: Rafał Juroszek, Biljana Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik, Irina Galuskina, Evgeny Galuskin (2018) Blue afwillite from Ma’ale Adummim, Judean Desert, Israel. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 357; Juroszek, R.; Krüger, B.; Galuskina, I.; Krüger, H.; Tribus, M.; Kürsten, C. (2020) Raman Spectroscopy and Single-Crystal High-Temperature Investigations of Bentorite, Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. Minerals 10, 38.
Bentorite
Formula: Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Reference: Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.; Natural History Museum Vienna collection; http://nnhc.huji.ac.il/mineralogy-petrology/?page_id=70&lang=en; Juroszek, R.; Krüger, B.; Galuskina, I.; Krüger, H.; Tribus, M.; Kürsten, C. (2020) Raman Spectroscopy and Single-Crystal High-Temperature Investigations of Bentorite, Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. Minerals 10, 38.
Brownmillerite
Formula: Ca2(Al,Fe3+)2O5
Reference: Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.
Calciolangbeinite
Formula: K2Ca2(SO4)3
Reference: Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik Ye., Lazic B., Armbruster T., Murashko M. and Galuskin E. Harmunite CaFe2O4: A new mineral from the Jabel Harmun, West Bank, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. American Mineralogist, 99, 965–975.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, bull. # 70.; Rafał Juroszek, Biljana Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik, Irina Galuskina, Evgeny Galuskin (2018) Blue afwillite from Ma’ale Adummim, Judean Desert, Israel. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 357; Juroszek, R.; Krüger, B.; Galuskina, I.; Krüger, H.; Tribus, M.; Kürsten, C. (2020) Raman Spectroscopy and Single-Crystal High-Temperature Investigations of Bentorite, Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. Minerals 10, 38.
Chlormayenite
Formula: Ca12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]
Reference: Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, bull. # 70.
Chromatite (TL)
Formula: CaCr6+O4
Type Locality:
Reference: Naturwiss.(1963) 50, 612; Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.
Ettringite
Formula: Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Reference: Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.; Rafał Juroszek, Biljana Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik, Irina Galuskina, Evgeny Galuskin (2018) Blue afwillite from Ma’ale Adummim, Judean Desert, Israel. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 357; Juroszek, R.; Krüger, B.; Galuskina, I.; Krüger, H.; Tribus, M.; Kürsten, C. (2020) Raman Spectroscopy and Single-Crystal High-Temperature Investigations of Bentorite, Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. Minerals 10, 38.
Flamite
Formula: Ca8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x
Reference: Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Reference: Collected by Mikhail N. Murashko in 2007. Pavel M. Kartashov collection.
Fluorellestadite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Reference: Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik Ye., Lazic B., Armbruster T., Murashko M. and Galuskin E. Harmunite CaFe2O4: A new mineral from the Jabel Harmun, West Bank, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. American Mineralogist, 99, 965–975.
Fluormayenite (TL)
Formula: Ca12Al14O32F2
Type Locality:
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M. and Dzierz˙anowski, P. (2013) Fluormayenite, IMA 2013-019. CNMNC Newsletter No. 16, August 2013, page 2705; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2695-2709.; Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Sharygin, V.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krivovichev, S.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Wirth, R. (2015): Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 123-136.
Foshagite
Formula: Ca4(Si3O9)(OH)2
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Sharygin, V.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krivovichev, S.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Wirth, R. (2015): Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 123-136.
Gazeevite (TL)
Formula: BaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O
Type Locality:
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Galuskina, I.O., Armbruster, T., Vapnik, Y., Kusz, J., Dulski, M., Gardocki, M. and Dzierz˙anowski, P. (2015) Gazeevite, IMA 2015- 037. CNMNC Newsletter No. 26, August 2015, page 946; Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941-947.
Gehlenite
Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7]
Reference: Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik Ye., Lazic B., Armbruster T., Murashko M. and Galuskin E. Harmunite CaFe2O4: A new mineral from the Jabel Harmun, West Bank, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. American Mineralogist, 99, 965–975. ; Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Reference: Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, bull. # 70.
Halite
Formula: NaCl
Reference: Collected by Mikhail N. Murashko in 2007. Pavel M. Kartashov collection.
Harmunite (TL)
Formula: CaFe2O4
Type Locality:
Reference: Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik Ye., Lazic B., Armbruster T., Murashko M. and Galuskin E. (2014) Harmunite CaFe2O4: A new mineral from the Jabel Harmun, West Bank, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. American Mineralogist: 99: 965–975.; Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Lazic, B., Armbruster, T., Murashko, M. and Galuskin, E.V. (2013) Harmunite, IMA 2012-045. CNMNC Newsletter No. 15, February 2013, page 2; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 1-12.
Hashemite
Formula: BaCr6+O4
Reference: Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.; Rafał Juroszek, Biljana Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik, Irina Galuskina, Evgeny Galuskin (2018) Blue afwillite from Ma’ale Adummim, Judean Desert, Israel. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 357; Juroszek, R.; Krüger, B.; Galuskina, I.; Krüger, H.; Tribus, M.; Kürsten, C. (2020) Raman Spectroscopy and Single-Crystal High-Temperature Investigations of Bentorite, Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. Minerals 10, 38.
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Sharygin, V.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krivovichev, S.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Wirth, R. (2015): Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 123-136.
Hillebrandite
Formula: Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Sharygin, V.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krivovichev, S.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Wirth, R. (2015): Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 123-136.
Hydrocalumite
Formula: Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Sharygin, V.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krivovichev, S.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Wirth, R. (2015): Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 123-136.
Jasmundite
Formula: Ca11(SiO4)4O2S
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Włodyka, R., Dzierżanowski, P. (2015): New minerals with a modular structure derived from hatrurite from the pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex. Part I. Nabimusaite, KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F, from larnite rocks of Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1061-1072; Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Katoite
Formula: Ca3Al2[◻(OH)4]3
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Sharygin, V.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krivovichev, S.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Wirth, R. (2015): Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 123-136.
'K-ferrite' (FRL)
Formula: KFe2+2Fe3+15O25
Type Locality:
Reference: Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Khesinite
Formula: Ca4(Mg3Fe3+9)O4(Fe3+9Si3)O36
Reference: Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Larnite
Formula: Ca2SiO4
Reference: Galuskin, E., Galuskina, I., Kusz, J., Armbruster, T., Marzec, K., Dzierżanowski, P., Murashko, M. (2014): Vapnikite Ca3UO6 - a new double perovskite mineral from pyrometamorphic larnite rocks of the Jabel Harmun, Palestine Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 571-581; Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Magnesioferrite
Formula: MgFe3+2O4
Reference: Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik Ye., Lazic B., Armbruster T., Murashko M. and Galuskin E. Harmunite CaFe2O4: A new mineral from the Jabel Harmun, West Bank, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. American Mineralogist, 99, 965–975. ; Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Widmer, R., & Armbruster, T. (2018). First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30(3), 559-567.
Meta-autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Reference: Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, bull. # 70.
Nabimusaite (TL)
Formula: KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Włodyka, R. and Dzierz˙anowski, P. (2013) Nabimusaite, IMA 2012-057. CNMNC Newsletter No. 15, February 2013, page 5; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 1-12.; Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Włodyka, R., Dzierżanowski, P. (2015): New minerals with a modular structure derived from hatrurite from the pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex. Part I. Nabimusaite, KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F, from larnite rocks of Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1061-1072
Periclase
Formula: MgO
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Sharygin, V.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krivovichev, S.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Wirth, R. (2015): Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 123-136.
Portlandite
Formula: Ca(OH)2
Reference: Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, bull. # 70.
Rankinite
Formula: Ca3Si2O7
Reference: Rafał Juroszek, Biljana Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik, Irina Galuskina, Evgeny Galuskin (2018) Blue afwillite from Ma’ale Adummim, Judean Desert, Israel. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 357
Sharyginite
Formula: Ca3TiFe2O8
Reference: Juroszek, R., Krüger, H., Galuskina, I., Krüger, B., Jeżak, L., Ternes, B., Wojdyla, J., Krzykawski, T., Pautov, L., Galuskin, E. (2018): Sharyginite, Ca3TiFe2O8, A New Mineral from the Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals: 8: 308.
Shulamitite
Formula: Ca3TiFe3+AlO8
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Sharygin, V.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krivovichev, S.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Dzierżanowski, P., Wirth, R. (2015): Mayenite supergroup, part III: Fluormayenite, Ca12Al14O32[□4F2], and fluorkyuygenite, Ca12Al14O32[(H2O)4F2], two new minerals from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, South Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 123-136.
Silicocarnotite
Formula: Ca5[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)
Reference: Galuskin, E.V., Galuskina, I.O., Gfeller, F., Krüger, B., Kusz, J., Vapnik, Y., Dulski, M., Dzierżanowski, P. (2016): Silicocarnotite, Ca5[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4), a new ‘old’ mineral from the Negev Desert, Israel, and the ternesite-silicocarnotite solid solution: indicators of high-temperature alteration of pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, Southern Levant. European Journal of Mineralogy: 28: 105-12.
Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
Reference: Sokol, E.V., Gaskova, O.L., Kokh, S.N., Kozmenko, O.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M.N. (2011): Chromatite and its Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert. American Mineralogist 96, 659-674.
Spurrite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Reference: Shulamit Gross (1977)
Srebrodolskite
Formula: Ca2Fe3+2O5
Reference: Mikhail N. Murashko analytical data
Ternesite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(SO4)
Reference: Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik Ye., Lazic B., Armbruster T., Murashko M. and Galuskin E. Harmunite CaFe2O4: A new mineral from the Jabel Harmun, West Bank, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. American Mineralogist, 99, 965–975. ; Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Włodyka, R., Dzierżanowski, P. (2015): New minerals with a modular structure derived from hatrurite from the pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex. Part I. Nabimusaite, KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F, from larnite rocks of Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1061-1072
Thaumasite
Formula: Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Reference: Rafał Juroszek, Biljana Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik, Irina Galuskina, Evgeny Galuskin (2018) Blue afwillite from Ma’ale Adummim, Judean Desert, Israel. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 357; Juroszek, R.; Krüger, B.; Galuskina, I.; Krüger, H.; Tribus, M.; Kürsten, C. (2020) Raman Spectroscopy and Single-Crystal High-Temperature Investigations of Bentorite, Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O. Minerals 10, 38.
Vapnikite (TL)
Formula: Ca2CaUO6
Type Locality:
Reference: Galuskin, E., Galuskina, I., Kusz, J., Armbruster, T., Marzec, K., Dzierżanowski, P., Murashko, M. (2014): Vapnikite Ca3UO6 - a new double perovskite mineral from pyrometamorphic larnite rocks of the Jabel Harmun, Palestine Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 571-581
Vaterite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Shulamit Gross (1977) The mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geol. Surv. of Israel, bull. # 70.
Volkonskoite
Formula: Ca0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Reference: Gunnar Färber specimens
Vorlanite
Formula: Ca(U6+)O4
Reference: http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/AmMin/TOC/Abstracts/2013_Abstracts/ND13_Abstracts/Galuskin_p1938_13.pdf
Ye'elimite
Formula: Ca4Al6(SO4)O12
Reference: Galuskin, E., Galuskina, I., Kusz, J., Armbruster, T., Marzec, K., Dzierżanowski, P., Murashko, M. (2014): Vapnikite Ca3UO6 - a new double perovskite mineral from pyrometamorphic larnite rocks of the Jabel Harmun, Palestine Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 571-581

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
Halite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Barioferrite4.CC.45BaFe3+12O19
Brownmillerite4.AC.10Ca2(Al,Fe3+)2O5
Chlormayenite4.CC.20Ca12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]
Fluormayenite (TL)4.CC.10Ca12Al14O32F2
Harmunite (TL)4.BB.05CaFe2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Hydrocalumite4.FL.10Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
Katoite4.FF.Ca3Al2[◻(OH)4]3
Magnesioferrite4.BB.05MgFe3+2O4
Periclase4.AB.25MgO
Portlandite4.FE.05Ca(OH)2
Sharyginite4.AC.10Ca3TiFe2O8
Shulamitite4.AC.10Ca3TiFe3+AlO8
Spinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
Srebrodolskite4.AC.10Ca2Fe3+2O5
Vapnikite (TL)4.00.Ca2CaUO6
Vorlanite4.DL.15Ca(U6+)O4
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Vaterite5.AB.20CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Bentorite7.DG.15Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Calciolangbeinite7.AD.K2Ca2(SO4)3
Chromatite (TL)7.FA.10CaCr6+O4
Ettringite7.DG.15Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Hashemite7.FA.15BaCr6+O4
Thaumasite7.DG.15Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Ye'elimite7.BC.15Ca4Al6(SO4)O12
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Meta-autunite8.EB.10Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Afwillite9.AG.75Ca3(HSiO4)2 · 2H2O
Flamite9.AH.45Ca8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x
Fluorellestadite9.AH.25Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Foshagite9.DG.15Ca4(Si3O9)(OH)2
Gazeevite (TL)9.AH.40BaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O
Gehlenite9.BB.10Ca2Al[AlSiO7]
Hillebrandite9.DG.40Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2
Jasmundite9.AG.70Ca11(SiO4)4O2S
Khesinite9.DH.40Ca4(Mg3Fe3+9)O4(Fe3+9Si3)O36
Larnite9.AD.05Ca2SiO4
Nabimusaite (TL)9.AH.35KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
Rankinite9.BC.15Ca3Si2O7
Silicocarnotite9.AH.20Ca5[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)
Spurrite9.AH.15Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Ternesite9.AH.20Ca5(SiO4)2(SO4)
Volkonskoite9.EC.40Ca0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Ba-ferrite' (TL)-BaMg2Fe3+16 O27
'K-ferrite' (TL)-KFe2+2Fe3+15O25

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H PortlanditeCa(OH)2
H EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
H AfwilliteCa3(HSiO4)2 · 2H2O
H BentoriteCa6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
H VolkonskoiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
H HillebranditeCa2(SiO3)(OH)2
H FoshagiteCa4(Si3O9)(OH)2
H KatoiteCa3Al2[◻(OH)4]3
H HydrocalumiteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
H ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C AragoniteCaCO3
C VateriteCaCO3
C SpurriteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)
C HydrocalumiteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
C ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
OOxygen
O ChromatiteCaCr6+O4
O HarmuniteCaFe2O4
O NabimusaiteKCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
O FluormayeniteCa12Al14O32F2
O VapnikiteCa2CaUO6
O GazeeviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O
O Ba-ferriteBaMg2Fe163+ O27
O K-ferriteKFe22+Fe153+O25
O Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
O CalciteCaCO3
O AragoniteCaCO3
O VateriteCaCO3
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O PortlanditeCa(OH)2
O ChlormayeniteCa12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]
O SpurriteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)
O FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
O EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
O AfwilliteCa3(HSiO4)2 · 2H2O
O SrebrodolskiteCa2Fe23+O5
O BrownmilleriteCa2(Al,Fe3+)2O5
O HashemiteBaCr6+O4
O BentoriteCa6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
O VolkonskoiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
O VorlaniteCa(U6+)O4
O LarniteCa2SiO4
O Ye'elimiteCa4Al6(SO4)O12
O MagnesioferriteMgFe23+O4
O FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
O GehleniteCa2Al[AlSiO7]
O TernesiteCa5(SiO4)2(SO4)
O CalciolangbeiniteK2Ca2(SO4)3
O HematiteFe2O3
O HillebranditeCa2(SiO3)(OH)2
O FoshagiteCa4(Si3O9)(OH)2
O KatoiteCa3Al2[◻(OH)4]3
O HydrocalumiteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
O ShulamititeCa3TiFe3+AlO8
O PericlaseMgO
O SilicocarnotiteCa5[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)
O JasmunditeCa11(SiO4)4O2S
O SpinelMgAl2O4
O SharyginiteCa3TiFe2O8
O BaryteBaSO4
O RankiniteCa3Si2O7
O ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
O KhesiniteCa4(Mg3Fe93+)O4(Fe93+Si3)O36
O BarioferriteBaFe123+O19
O FlamiteCa8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x
FFluorine
F NabimusaiteKCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
F FluormayeniteCa12Al14O32F2
F FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
F FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
NaSodium
Na HaliteNaCl
Na FlamiteCa8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x
MgMagnesium
Mg Ba-ferriteBaMg2Fe163+ O27
Mg VolkonskoiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Mg MagnesioferriteMgFe23+O4
Mg PericlaseMgO
Mg SpinelMgAl2O4
Mg KhesiniteCa4(Mg3Fe93+)O4(Fe93+Si3)O36
AlAluminium
Al FluormayeniteCa12Al14O32F2
Al ChlormayeniteCa12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]
Al EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Al BrownmilleriteCa2(Al,Fe3+)2O5
Al VolkonskoiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Al Ye'elimiteCa4Al6(SO4)O12
Al GehleniteCa2Al[AlSiO7]
Al KatoiteCa3Al2[◻(OH)4]3
Al HydrocalumiteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
Al ShulamititeCa3TiFe3+AlO8
Al SpinelMgAl2O4
SiSilicon
Si NabimusaiteKCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
Si GazeeviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O
Si SpurriteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Si AfwilliteCa3(HSiO4)2 · 2H2O
Si VolkonskoiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Si LarniteCa2SiO4
Si FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Si GehleniteCa2Al[AlSiO7]
Si TernesiteCa5(SiO4)2(SO4)
Si HillebranditeCa2(SiO3)(OH)2
Si FoshagiteCa4(Si3O9)(OH)2
Si SilicocarnotiteCa5[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)
Si JasmunditeCa11(SiO4)4O2S
Si RankiniteCa3Si2O7
Si ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Si KhesiniteCa4(Mg3Fe93+)O4(Fe93+Si3)O36
Si FlamiteCa8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x
PPhosphorus
P Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
P FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
P SilicocarnotiteCa5[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)
P FlamiteCa8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x
SSulfur
S NabimusaiteKCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
S GazeeviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
S BentoriteCa6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
S Ye'elimiteCa4Al6(SO4)O12
S FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
S TernesiteCa5(SiO4)2(SO4)
S CalciolangbeiniteK2Ca2(SO4)3
S JasmunditeCa11(SiO4)4O2S
S BaryteBaSO4
S ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
ClChlorine
Cl ChlormayeniteCa12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]
Cl HaliteNaCl
Cl HydrocalumiteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
KPotassium
K NabimusaiteKCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
K K-ferriteKFe22+Fe153+O25
K CalciolangbeiniteK2Ca2(SO4)3
K FlamiteCa8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x
CaCalcium
Ca ChromatiteCaCr6+O4
Ca HarmuniteCaFe2O4
Ca NabimusaiteKCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
Ca FluormayeniteCa12Al14O32F2
Ca VapnikiteCa2CaUO6
Ca GazeeviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O
Ca Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca VateriteCaCO3
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca PortlanditeCa(OH)2
Ca ChlormayeniteCa12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]
Ca SpurriteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Ca FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Ca EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Ca AfwilliteCa3(HSiO4)2 · 2H2O
Ca SrebrodolskiteCa2Fe23+O5
Ca BrownmilleriteCa2(Al,Fe3+)2O5
Ca BentoriteCa6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Ca VolkonskoiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Ca VorlaniteCa(U6+)O4
Ca LarniteCa2SiO4
Ca Ye'elimiteCa4Al6(SO4)O12
Ca FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Ca GehleniteCa2Al[AlSiO7]
Ca TernesiteCa5(SiO4)2(SO4)
Ca CalciolangbeiniteK2Ca2(SO4)3
Ca HillebranditeCa2(SiO3)(OH)2
Ca FoshagiteCa4(Si3O9)(OH)2
Ca KatoiteCa3Al2[◻(OH)4]3
Ca HydrocalumiteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
Ca ShulamititeCa3TiFe3+AlO8
Ca SilicocarnotiteCa5[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)
Ca JasmunditeCa11(SiO4)4O2S
Ca SharyginiteCa3TiFe2O8
Ca RankiniteCa3Si2O7
Ca ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Ca KhesiniteCa4(Mg3Fe93+)O4(Fe93+Si3)O36
Ca FlamiteCa8-x(Na,K)x(SiO4)4-x(PO4)x
TiTitanium
Ti ShulamititeCa3TiFe3+AlO8
Ti SharyginiteCa3TiFe2O8
CrChromium
Cr ChromatiteCaCr6+O4
Cr HashemiteBaCr6+O4
Cr BentoriteCa6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Cr VolkonskoiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
FeIron
Fe HarmuniteCaFe2O4
Fe Ba-ferriteBaMg2Fe163+ O27
Fe K-ferriteKFe22+Fe153+O25
Fe SrebrodolskiteCa2Fe23+O5
Fe BrownmilleriteCa2(Al,Fe3+)2O5
Fe VolkonskoiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Fe MagnesioferriteMgFe23+O4
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe ShulamititeCa3TiFe3+AlO8
Fe SharyginiteCa3TiFe2O8
Fe KhesiniteCa4(Mg3Fe93+)O4(Fe93+Si3)O36
Fe BarioferriteBaFe123+O19
BaBarium
Ba GazeeviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O
Ba Ba-ferriteBaMg2Fe163+ O27
Ba HashemiteBaCr6+O4
Ba BaryteBaSO4
Ba BarioferriteBaFe123+O19
UUranium
U VapnikiteCa2CaUO6
U Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
U VorlaniteCa(U6+)O4

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