Midbarite, Ca <sub>3</sub> Mg <sub>2</sub> (V <sub>2</sub> Si)O <sub>12</sub> , a new member of the garnet supergroup from the Hatrurim Complex, Israel
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 ) 2.99 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.
Authors
- Irina O. Galuskina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9373-9274)
- Maria Książek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-5090)
- Yevgeny Vapnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2679-9159)
- Evgeny V. Galuskin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7018-527X)
- Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska
- Joachim Kusz
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- University of Warsaw (PL)
- University of Silesia in Katowice (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mineralogical Magazine
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2026.10202
- Primary Topic
- Crystal Structures and Properties
- Type
- article
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