Howard Coopersmith, Vered Toledo, John Ward, Michiel De Wit, R Spaggiari, Emmanuel Fritsch: "Geology and Exploration of Gem Deposits at Mt. Carmel, Northern Israel: Natural Moissanite, Sapphire, Ruby & Diamond."

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Original Entry	Howard Coopersmith, Vered Toledo, John Ward, Michiel De Wit, R Spaggiari, Emmanuel Fritsch: "Geology and Exploration of Gem Deposits at Mt. Carmel, Northern Israel: Natural Moissanite, Sapphire, Ruby & Diamond."
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Full Reference	Howard Coopersmith, Vered Toledo, John Ward, Michiel De Wit, R Spaggiari, Emmanuel Fritsch: "Geology and Exploration of Gem Deposits at Mt. Carmel, Northern Israel: Natural Moissanite, Sapphire, Ruby & Diamond."
Plain Text	Howard Coopersmith, Vered Toledo, John Ward, Michiel De Wit, R Spaggiari, Emmanuel Fritsch: "Geology and Exploration of Gem Deposits at Mt. Carmel, Northern Israel: Natural Moissanite, Sapphire, Ruby & Diamond."

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Locality	Mineral(s)
Kishon river, Haifa District, Israel	ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup, ⓘ Corundum, ⓘ Diamond, ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series, ⓘ Ilmenite, ⓘ Kyanite, ⓘ Moissanite-6H, ⓘ Pyrope, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Ruby, ⓘ Rutile, ⓘ Sapphire, ⓘ Spinel, ⓘ Zircon

	Griffin, William, Gain, Sarah, Bindi, Luca, Toledo, Vered, Cámara, Fernando, Saunders, Martin, O’Reilly, Suzanne (2018) Carmeltazite, ZrAl2Ti4O11, a New Mineral Trapped in Corundum from Volcanic Rocks of Mt Carmel, Northern Israel. Minerals, 8 (12) 601 doi:10.3390/min8120601
	Bindi, Luca, Cámara, Fernando, Gain, Sarah E. M., Griffin, William L., Huang, Jin-Xiang, Saunders, Martin, Toledo, Vered (2020) Kishonite, VH2, and Oreillyite, Cr2N, Two New Minerals from the Corundum Xenocrysts of Mt Carmel, Northern Israel. Minerals, 10 (12) 1118 doi:10.3390/min10121118
	Simonet, Cédric; Fritsch, Emmanuel; Lasnier, Bernard (2008) A classification of gem corundum deposits aimed towards gem exploration. Ore Geology Reviews, 34 (1). doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.09.002
	Ma, Chi, Cámara, Fernando, Bindi, Luca, Toledo, Vered, Griffin, William L. (2023) New Minerals from Inclusions in Corundum Xenocrysts from Mt. Carmel, Israel: Magnéliite, Ziroite, Sassite, Mizraite-(Ce) and Yeite. Materials, 16 (24). 7578 doi:10.3390/ma16247578
	Griffin, William L., Gain, Sarah E. M., Saunders, Martin, Alard, Olivier, Shaw, Jeremy, Toledo, Vered, O’Reilly, Suzanne Y. (2021) Nitrogen under Super-Reducing Conditions: Ti Oxynitride Melts in Xenolithic Corundum Aggregates from Mt Carmel (N. Israel) Minerals, 11 (7) 780 doi:10.3390/min11070780
	Cedric Simonet (2000): Géologie des gisements de saphir et de rubis – L’exemple de la John Saul Ruby Mine, Mangare, Kenya [Geology of Sapphire and Ruby Deposits - The example of the John Saul Ruby Mine, Mangare area, Southern Kenya]. PhD Thesis, University of Nantes, xx pp.
	Griffin, William L., Gain, Sarah E.M., Saunders, Martin, Bindi, Luca, Alard, Olivier, Toledo, Vered, O'Reilly, Suzanne Y. (2020) Parageneses of TiB2 in corundum xenoliths from Mt. Carmel, Israel: Siderophile behavior of boron under reducing conditions. American Mineralogist, 105 (11) 1609-1621 doi:10.2138/am-2020-7375
	Spaggiari, R.I., de Wit, M.C.J. (2021) Diamondiferous alluvial deposits of the Longatshimo Valley, Kasai Province, southern DRC: a sedimentary and economic model of a central African diamond placer. South African Journal of Geology, 124 (2) 499-518 doi:10.25131/sajg.124.0033
	Spaggiari, R. I., Ward, J. D., de Wit, M. C. J. (1999) Fluid characteristics of the diamondiferous Droogeveldt Gravels, Vaal Valley, South Africa. Economic Geology, 94 (5) 741-747 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.94.5.741
	Griffin, W.L., Gain, S.E.M., Huang, J.-X., Belousova, E.A., Toledo, V., O'Reilly, S.Y. (2018) Permian to quaternary magmatism beneath the Mt Carmel area, Israel: Zircons from volcanic rocks and associated alluvial deposits. Lithos, 314. 307-322 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.06.007
	Ma, Chi, Cámara, Fernando, Toledo, Vered, Bindi, Luca (2023) Griffinite, Al2TiO5: A New Oxide Mineral from Inclusions in Corundum Xenocrysts from the Mount Carmel Area, Israel. Crystals, 13 (10). 1427 doi:10.3390/cryst13101427

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Howard Coopersmith, Vered Toledo, John Ward, Michiel De Wit, R Spaggiari, Emmanuel Fritsch: "Geology and Exploration of Gem Deposits at Mt. Carmel, Northern Israel: Natural Moissanite, Sapphire, Ruby & Diamond."

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