Shen Ramon, Makhtesh Ramon area (Ramon crater area), Negev, Israel
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One of two acidic intrusions (quartz syenite) in the Makhtesh Ramon area, an erosional cirque in the Central Negev (Bentor, 1952).
Metallic mineralization within a hydrothermally altered quartz syenite stock and in the intruded Triassic limestones.
Enrichment in rare earth minerals is attributed to hydrothermal alteration at relatively high temperatures (>350°).
Mineral List
12 valid minerals.
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References
Itamar, A. (1993): Hydrothermal alteration of quartz syenite in Shen Ramon, Israel: mineralogy, petrography and economic evaluation. Proc. Quadrenn. IAGOD Symp., 8th, 823-834.
Segev, Amit; Goldshmidt, Vladimir; Itamar, Aryeh; Rybakov, Michael (1996): Effects of Mesozoic magmatism on composition, structure, and metallic mineralization in the Ramon area (southern Israel): magnetometric and gravimetric evidence. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences 45, 89-112.
Segev, Amit; Goldshmidt, Vladimir; Itamar, Aryeh; Rybakov, Michael (1996): Effects of Mesozoic magmatism on composition, structure, and metallic mineralization in the Ramon area (southern Israel): magnetometric and gravimetric evidence. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences 45, 89-112.