23:35 Thu 13 Feb 2020
Shefa Gems Ltd - Carmeltazite chosen as Mineral of the Year 2018
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Carmeltazite was chosen to be Mineral of the Year 2018
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Carmeltazite is a complex oxide (ZrAl2Ti4O11) which forms black inclusions in blue corundum crystals from Cretaceous pyroclastic rocks and associated alluvial deposits at Kishon Mid-Reach in northern
Since the Carmeltazite description was published in Minerals (Griffin et al., 2018), Carmeltazite has gained significant publicity online as "the world's newest gemstone" (EraGem, 2019), and even as an "extraterrestrial mineral harder than diamonds" (Flatley, 2019). Although in fact it is perfectly terrestrial in origin, Carmeltazite contains Ti3+, which is rare in the geological environment, and has a peculiar crystal structure, which is reminiscent of the close-packed arrangement of spinel.
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