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Tetraferriphlogopite from
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


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Tetraferriphlogopite, etc.

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Tetraferriphlogopite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Tetraferriphlogopite, etc.

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Tetraferriphlogopite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
08629770017271926958143.jpg
Tetraferriphlogopite, etc.

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
08075680017272007729658.jpg
Tetraferriphlogopite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
01946580017368234707930.jpg
Tetraferriphlogopite, etc.

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
09731170017272007731781.jpg
Tetraferriphlogopite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
08629770017271926958143.jpg
Tetraferriphlogopite, etc.

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
08075680017272007729658.jpg
Tetraferriphlogopite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Tetraferriphlogopite, etc.

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Tetraferriphlogopite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tetraferriphlogopite
Formula:KMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorapatite3
Chalcopyrite2
Magnetite1
- var Magnomagnetite1
Calcite1
Forsterite1
Richterite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tetraferriphlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10903
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10903:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetraferriphlogopite
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘKovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘKovdor Phlogopite mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
55.4km (34.4 miles) ⓘSokli carbonatite complex, Tulppio, Savukoski, Lapland, Finland
References
World of Stones 95: 5-6, 64.
Rimskaya-Korsakova O.M. and Sokolova E.P. (1964) ZVMO, 93(4), p.411 (in Rus.).
Jambor, J.L. and Roberts, A.C. (2001) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 86: 197-200.
Mikhailova, Julia A., Kalashnikov, Andrey O., Sokharev, Victor A., Pakhomovsky, Yakov A., Konopleva, Nataly G., Yakovenchuk, Victor N., Bazai, Ayya V., Goryainov, Pavel M., Ivanyuk, Gregory Yu. (2015) 3D mineralogical mapping of the Kovdor phoscorite–carbonatite complex (Russia) Mineralium Deposita, 51 (1) 131-149 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0594-z
 
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