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Quartz from
Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Narsarsukite3
Lorenzenite2
Aegirine1
Kuzmenkoite-Mn1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1222487
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1222487:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘMt. Kuetnyuchorr, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘPegmatite No. 60, Second Eastern Stream, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘKarnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘYubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘLepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘAlluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘKitknyun Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
32.1km (19.9 miles) ⓘKoashkar Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘN'orkpakhk Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘEveslogchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
P. Kartashov (https://www.mindat.org/photo-215835.html)
Ivanyuk, G. Yu., Korchak, Yu. A., Pakhomovsky, Ya. A., Men’shikov, Yu. P., Yakovenchuk, V. N. (2012) Ulvöspinel from xenoliths of contact-altered volcanic and volcanosedimentary rocks in nepheline syenites of the Khibiny and Lovozero plutons. Geology of Ore Deposits, 54 (7) 575-579 doi:10.1134/s107570151108006x
 
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