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Volkonskoite from
Daba, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan


Classification
Species:Volkonskoite
Formula:Ca0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Volkonskoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Daba, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:972337
Long-form Identifier:1:3:972337:5
GUID (UUID V4):bdb24a61-cf64-4ef4-b7dc-293dcb14ba37
Nearest other occurrences of Volkonskoite
9.1km (5.6 miles) Unnamed marble quarries, Tulul al Hammam, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
20.2km (12.6 miles) Khan ez Zabib, Amman Governorate, Jordan
40.6km (25.2 miles) Khushaym Matruk, Amman Governorate, Jordan
68.8km (42.7 miles) Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1400071 CALCIUM URANIUM OXIDE MINERALS FROM CENTRAL JORDAN: ASSEMBLAGES, CHEMISTRY, AND ALTERATION PRODUCTS...Department of Geology, The University of Jordan, AmmanJordan 11942 ELLA V. SOKOL Sobolev Institute...marbles of the Tulul Al Hammam area in central Jordan, 60 km east of the Dead-Sea – Jordanian Transform...varicoloured marble, combustion metamorphism, central Jordan. INTRODUCTION A series of primary Ca-U(VI) oxide...combustion metamorphic rocks in the Daba-Siwaqa area, central Jordan § Corresponding author e-mail: khouryhn@ju
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
REVIEW Uranium minerals of central Jordan H. N. Khoury Downloaded by [McMaster University] at 04:12...with unique green smectites (Cr-rich smectite/volkonskoite) are hosted in altered varicoloured marble,...marl/travertine, and/or saprolite/top soil of central Jordan. Tyuyamunite Ca(UO2)2V5þ 2 O8z3(H2O)–strelkinite...on Geology and uranium resources of the Central Jordan area Introduction Unusual surface uranium mineralisation...mineralisation covers large areas in central Jordan (Khan Ez-Zabib and Siwaqa). The minerals are hosted by altered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zn-Cd-Se-Rich Combustion Metamorphic Marbles, Daba Complex, Central Jordan: Paragenesis, Chemistry, and Structure...Department of Geology, the University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan; khouryhn@yahoo.com South Urals Federal...marly sediments were found in marbles from central Jordan. Their precursor sediments contain Se- and Ni-enriched...a single phase (complex solid solution) upon heating; and (iv) breakdown of a complex phase to a multiphase...Zn, U) [4,14,17–22]. The CM marbles of central Jordan were derived mainly from the Belqa Group Maastrichtian–Early
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
No. 2, 139-149, 1987. REASSESSMENT OF THE VOLKONSKOITE-CHROMIAN SMECTITE NOMENCLATURE PROBLEM EUGENE...Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 Abstract-The name volkonskoite was first used in 1830 to describe a bright...applied to some chromian chlorites. Because volkonskoite has been used for materials that differ not...smectite group. On the basis of these data, volkonskoite appears to be a dioctahedral member of the smectite...of octahedral chromium should not be called volkonskoite, but should be named by chemical element adjectives
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol.36, No. 6, 541, 1988. REASSESSMENT OF THE VOLKONSKOITE-CHROMIAN SMECTITE N O M E N C L A T U R E PROBLEM:...Octahedral cations, Volkonskoite. A simple definition o f the mineral species volkonskoite was given by Foord...however, has pointed out that the definition o f volkonskoite should be further restricted by defining this...(1987) defined volkonskoite in the same manner as Foord et aL (1987). If volkonskoite is defined as stated...the mineral from the Daba area, Jordan (Khoury et aL, 1984), would be a volkonskoite. Cr and Mg, however
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
height). The MZ complexes (particularly, Maqarin) in Jordan are feebly marked. Breccias are distributed through...S Tarqumiya Ma’ale Adummim Amman Nabi Mussa Jabel Harmun Hyrcania Daba Sivaka I Nahal Darga JOR ...basin Karak 0 40 km Fig. 1. Outcrops of the MZ Complex of the Hatrurim Formation (shown in black). Based...Judea, and topograpically obscure MZ complexes in Jordan represent different morphological types of mud...are characterized by unique Cr mineralization (volkonskoite, bentorite, stichtite) and opalization [2].
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Palestinian Authority) and its equivalent in Jordan were considered to have formed between 16 and 3...high-pH waters in the Hatrurim outcrop of north Jordan suggests vein formation in an alkaline environment...the Palestinian Authority and its equivalent in Jordan (Fig. 1a) has for several decades been recognized...map of the Mottled Zone outcrops in Israel and Jordan (after Burg et al., 1999). (b) Map of the Hatrurim...Ettringite Bentorite Thaumasite Portlandite Volkonskoite Aragonite Vaterite Analcime Apophyllite Ca5Si6(O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
precursor minerals from the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone complex, Judean Desert Ella V. Sokol,1 olga l. gaSkoVa...locality (Judean Desert, Israel), in a peculiar rock complex of the Mottled Zone. We have explored the possible...Zone sequence is abundant Cr3+ (bentorite and volkonskoite) and Cr6+ mineralization (Cr6+-bearing ettringite...reported from a single locality of the Maale Adummim complex in the so-called Mottled Zone (MZ), the Judean...about Cr3+- and Cr6+-bearing minerals in the MZ complex. We attempt to infer the Cr sources and chromatite
Report (volume)
(d(001) = 10.1 A) 475 475 476 Vermiculite-aniline complex Description of stacking layers in semi-ordered...variations Montmorillonite Beidellite Nontronite Volkonskoite Vanadium smectite x 526 526 530 Chemical...chlorites Di,trioctahedral chlorites * x is charge volkonskoite, zinnwaldite, annite, etc. Muscovite, illite...amesite, and cronstedtite have structures more complex than those of the 12 standard polytypes in that...particularly true of nacrite), and both seem to be less complex structurally. Kaolinite, on the other hand, exhibits
Book (edition)
oxides and similar compounds, oxidic compounds with complex anions, and a few organic species. Mineral species...Subsidim-y anions (OH,F,O) are positioned before the complex anion , with both enclosed in square brackets,...of the valency electrons of the oxygens of the complex ions are involved in bonding to the cations". The...halides without H2O 3.B Simple halides with H2O 3.C Complex halides 3.D Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides, and related...resinous.streak white. H = 5. D = 3.73. Np,m,g = Plateau, Zomba
Book (edition)
and O, OH, F, and H20 Groups and Other Anions or Complex and Some Beryllosilicates 1020 1061 1106 1116...followed in this edition. The many and often very complex silicate minerals are here classified for the first...may be less for simple structures or more for complex ones. Typically, the projection is down the shortest...but ant predomin the to refers label The true. complex structures this may not be by species in a site...appearance of its surfaces in reflected light. It is a complex property that depends on a mineral’s reflectivity;
 
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