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Chromite from
Mount Bol’shaya Varaka chromitite deposit, Imandra layered complex (Imandrovsky layered intrusion), Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Bol’shaya Varaka chromitite deposit, Imandra layered complex (Imandrovsky layered intrusion), Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1252577
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1252577:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘSalmagorskii, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘSalmagorsky complex, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
48.9km (30.4 miles) ⓘNyud-2 deposit, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘSopcheozerskoe deposit (Sopcheozero), Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘHorizon 330 deposit (Sopcha Lake chromite deposit), Sopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Sopcha Massif, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘLoypishnyun deposit, Monche tundra intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘMonchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Sopcha Massif, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘMonchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘPentlandite Gorge, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
90.2km (56.0 miles) ⓘKovdozero complex, Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Barkov, A. Y., Fleet, M. E. (2004) An unusual association of hydrothermal platinum-group minerals from the Imandra layered comples, Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 42 (2) 455-467 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.455
 
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