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Calcite from
Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1095679
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1095679:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
27.7km (17.2 miles) ā“˜Qastel quarry, Jerusalem District, Israel
39.4km (24.5 miles) ā“˜Teā€™omim cave, Mateh Yehuda Regional council, Jerusalem District, Israel
55.5km (34.5 miles) ā“˜Mugharet el-Wardeh deposit, Ajloun Governorate, Jordan
61.9km (38.5 miles) ā“˜Yeā€™elim Mount, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
61.9km (38.5 miles) ā“˜Har Ye'elim, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
62.2km (38.7 miles) ā“˜Arad Stone Quarry, Arad, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
63.0km (39.2 miles) ā“˜Nahal Morag Canyon, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
63.2km (39.3 miles) ā“˜Aravaite type locality, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
65.0km (40.4 miles) ā“˜Ein Bokek, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
66.7km (41.4 miles) ā“˜Kahlenbergite occurrence, Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
References
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 (4). 659-674 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3487
 
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