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Midbarite, Ca 3 Mg 2 (V 2 Si)O 12 , a new member of the garnet supergroup from the Hatrurim Complex, Israel

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: A new garnet named midbarite, Ca 3 Mg 2 (V 2 Si)O 12 , has been discovered in a paralava of the pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex in the Hatrurim Basin near Mount Ye'elim in the Negev Desert, Israel.This paralava also contains esseneite, minerals of the levantite-latiumite series, garnet of the andradite-schorlomite series, and wollastonite as well as subordinate 0.15 Al 0.01 ) Σ2.99 O 12 .There is only one strong band in the Raman spectrum of midbarite at 824 cm -1 , which is related to (VO 4 ) 3-vibrations.Midbarite is an accessory mineral in the paralava, and its paragenesis indicates that it formed in the sanidinite facies under increased pressure.Midbarite, as well as the OH analogue of pliniusite, and the V-bearing latiumite and

Source: Mineralogical Magazine

DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2026.10202

Authors: Irina Galuskina, Evgeny Galuskin, Joachim Kusz, Maria Książek, Yevgeny Vapnik, Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska

Institutions: University of Silesia in Katowice, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Warsaw

Language: English

Topic: Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W7127990411

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