Israeli Miner Discovers New Mineral

RAPAPORT... Israeli exploration company Shefa Yamim has identified a newmineral while examining gemstones it had unearthed in the country. The miner has named the material carmeltazite, as it discoveredit on Israel's Mount Carmel, and its major chemical components are titanium,aluminum and zirconium, Shefa Yamim said last week. The mineral exists insidethe miner's Carmel sapphires, a type of corundum the company has been producingin the north of Israel. The International Mineralogical Association's (IMA)Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification has approved thediscovery and the name, Shefa Yamim added. Image: Carmel sapphire. (Shefa Yamim)