Midbarite, Ca 3 Mg 2 (V 2 Si)O 12 , 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 ) Σ2.99 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.Midbarite, as well as the OH analogue of pliniusite, and the V-bearing latiumite and