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It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Albite from
Tiksheozero massif (Tkishozerskii massif; Tiksheozersky), Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia


Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tiksheozero massif (Tkishozerskii massif; Tiksheozersky), Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1228705
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1228705:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
44.5km (27.6 miles) ⓘElet'ozerskii massif, Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘChupa pegmatite field, Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
65.9km (40.9 miles) ⓘLopatova Guba mica pit, Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
74.6km (46.4 miles) ⓘKhetolambina pegmatite, Chupa pegmatite field, Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
85.1km (52.9 miles) ⓘPetyayan-vara carbonatite, Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
93.0km (57.8 miles) ⓘAlakurtti pegmatite, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
98.0km (60.9 miles) ⓘKitka River Valley, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
References
www.researchgate.net (n.d.) https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Alkaline-complexes-and-carbonatites-in-Kola-peninsula-northern-Russian-Karelia-and_fig1_225412232
Bogina, Maria, Chistyakov, Alexey, Sharkov, Evgenii, Kovalchuk, Elena, Golovanova, Tatiana (2023) Major and Trace-Element Composition of Minerals in the Paleoproterozoic Tiksheozero Ultramafic–Alkaline–Carbonate Complex, Russia: Insight into Magma Evolution. Minerals, 13 (10) doi:10.3390/min13101318
 
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