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Zircon from
Niva alkaline intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Niva alkaline intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1040150
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1040150:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
19.4km (12.1 miles) ⓘAfrikanda complex, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘKandaguba complex, Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
38.4km (23.9 miles) ⓘKuru Vaara deposit, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
45.8km (28.5 miles) ⓘMount Bol’shaya Varaka chromitite deposit, Imandra layered complex (Imandrovsky layered intrusion), Murmansk Oblast, Russia
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘKhibiny Station, Kihlman Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
48.8km (30.3 miles) ⓘSouth Sopcha intrusions, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘSalmagorskii, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘNyud-2 deposit, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
59.4km (36.9 miles) ⓘTakhtarvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
59.5km (36.9 miles) ⓘYudychvumchorr Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Arzamastseva, L.V., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A. [Арзамасцева, Л.В., Пахомовский Я.А.] (1999): Mineral associations in rocks of Niva agpaitic intrusion (Kola Peninsula) as indicators of its forming conditions [Минеральные ассоциации пород агпаитовой интрузии Нива (Кольский Полуостров) как индикаторы условий ее образования]. Zap. VMO [Зап. ВМО], 128, 6, 1-16 (in Russian)
Arzamastsev, A.A., Belyatsky, B.V., Arzamastseva, L.V. (2000): Agpaitic magmatism in the northeastern Baltic Shield: a study of the Niva intrusion, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Lithos, 51, 1, 27-46.
 
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