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Formula: FeP2
Phosphide
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 5.003 calculated
Environments
Metamorphic environments
Hydrothermal environments
Localities
At the type locality, Halamish wadi, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District, Israel,
zuktamrurite occurs as grains up to 50 microns in a phosphide assemblage related to the
iron-nickel-phosphorus system in
pyrometamorphic rocks. Associated minerals include negevite,
halamishite, murashkoite and
barringerite. The zuktamrurite rarely hosts lamellae of
molybdenite.
The pyrometamorphic rocks are affected by severe retrograde alteration involving low-temperature hydrothermal
processes and supergene weathering
(HOM, Mindat).
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