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Vitusite-(Ce) from
Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


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Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
03805090017271927533680.jpg
Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
05956120017272007294478.jpg
Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
08802380017272007301090.jpg
Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
03805090017271927533680.jpg
Vitusite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Vitusite-(Ce)
Formula:Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2
Comments:Found in the natrolite zone. First refered to "as pink phospate Na3CePO4)2" (Pekov 1998)
Also as pseudomorphs after steensrupine-(Ce)
Habit:grains to 1 mm; rounded aggregates
Colour:pale pink;
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Mountainite5
Steenstrupine-(Ce)4
Natrolite4
Magnesio-arfvedsonite4
Sazhinite-(Ce)2
Raite2
Albite2
Manganoneptunite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vitusite-(Ce) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11618
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11618:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vitusite-(Ce)
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘKarnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘKedykverpakhk Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘSengischorr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘKoashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Rønsbo, J.G., Khomyakov, A.P., Semenov, E.I., Voronkov, A.A., Garanin, V.K. (1979) Vitusite, a new phosphate of sodium and rare earths from the Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola and Ilímaussaq alkaline intrusion, South Greenland. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen: 137: 42-53.
Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
 
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