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Chalcocite from
Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel


Locality type:Anticline
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gurim anticline, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1371537
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1371537:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
1.5km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Paralava outcrops, Wadi Halamish, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
49.2km (30.6 miles) ā“˜Tel Abu Matar, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel
60.1km (37.4 miles) ā“˜Faynan Orefield, Wadi Faynan (Wadi Fainan; Wadi Feinan), Tafilah Governorate, Jordan
70.0km (43.5 miles) ā“˜Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
97.7km (60.7 miles) ā“˜Khurayyim Mount (Jabal al Khurayyim), Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
References
Krzątała, Arkadiusz, KrĆ¼ger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2020) Walstromite, BaCa2(Si3O9), from Rankinite Paralava within Gehlenite Hornfels of the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Minerals, 10 (5) 407 doi:10.3390/min10050407
 
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