Carmeltazite, ZrAl<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>11</sub>, a New Mineral Trapped in Corundum from Volcanic Rocks of Mt Carmel, Northern Israel

Carmeltazite, ZrAl<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>11</sub>, a New Mineral Trapped in Corundum from Volcanic Rocks of Mt Carmel, Northern Israel

The new mineral species carmeltazite, ideally ZrAl<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>11</sub>, was discovered in pockets of trapped melt interstitial to, or included in, corundum xenocrysts from the Cretaceous Mt Carmel volcanics of northern Israel, associated with c...

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Main Authors: William L. Griffin, Sarah E. M. Gain, Luca Bindi, Vered Toledo, Fernando Cámara, Martin Saunders, Suzanne Y. O’Reilly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
carmeltazite
Mt Carmel
volcanic rocks
corundum
spinel-derivative structure
desilication
extreme reduction
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/12/601

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