Timna
Arava, southern Israel, Israël
OtherCu
- Type
- Sediment-hosted stratiform copper (Cambrian)
Copper deposit of the Cambrian Timna Formation, mined since the Chalcolithic. Copper comes from Precambrian rocks and dykes of the Timna Intrusive Complex, redistributed into the sediments and then oxidised to malachite and paratacamite.
δ65Cu in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 976
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −0.85 ± 0.46 ‰ | −1.63 / −0.09 ‰ | 19 | malachite and paratacamite (oxidation) Mean and standard deviation of 19 samples from Table 1. | Asael et al. (2009), Fluid speciation controls of low temperature copper isotope fraction… |
| −2.04 ± 0.44 ‰ | −3.18 / −1.24 ‰ | 28 | copper sulfides Mean and standard deviation of 28 samples from Table 1. | Asael et al. (2009), Fluid speciation controls of low temperature copper isotope fraction… |
| −2.27 ± 0.38 ‰ | −2.54 / −2 ‰ | 2 | oxidised copper sulfides Mean and standard deviation of 2 samples from Table 1. | Asael et al. (2009), Fluid speciation controls of low temperature copper isotope fraction… |
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- Zankan China
- Central African Copperbelt (whole province) DR Congo and Zambia
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Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Timna, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/timna/ (accessed 2026-10-06).
@misc{isofind2026timnaisotopesignatures,
title = {Timna, isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/timna/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-06}
}Updated : 2026-10-06